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Comment on The Other Railroad in Davenport by Lisa Robinson

Lisa Robinson — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 22:53:50 +0000

The top image was published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on March 14, 1962. They had just repaired/cleared the tracks after a huge landslide some days before.

Comment on Santa Cruz’s Westside: A Vegetable Packing Hub by Jean Vengua

Jean Vengua — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:43:58 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this information about the Birds Eye Cannery, where my mother worked sorting produce. We lived in the post-war housing development just across the street from the cannery, and the sound of the train at night stopping to pick up produce, the extreme smells of rotting brussels sprouts, still remain in my memory, viscerally. My mother also worked in the shirt factory right next door to our house. I’d also love to know more about the housing development itself, how and why it was built there — in an area that was previously a racetrack? I know it seemed to mainly house working class families. We were one of the two Asian American (Filipino) families living on Anderson St.

Comment on The History of Dairy in Santa Cruz by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 06:05:34 +0000

Pretty sad that not a single dairy farm remains in the entire Santa Cruz County today. I heard from a Monterey County dairy man that Santa Cruz counties roles and regulations for producing and selling fresh milk are prohibitive .

Comment on The Wave Motor: Still Pumping by Wayne Overbeck

Wayne Overbeck — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 03:31:33 +0000

Actually the house at 2244 West Cliff Drive is a massive remodel, not a ground up new home. Early 2000’s as I recall

Comment on The Making of Skyline Boulevard by Paul Dembry

Paul Dembry — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:05:02 +0000

Decades ago I commuted daily from Zayante Rd to Hwy 92 along Skyline. Often in the morning there would be fog a few hundred feet below on both sides so it seemed I was driving above the clouds. Coming home at night, I seemed to be eye-level with the airplanes lining up to land at SFO. I would see the same 10-15 cars every weekday (weekends were more crowded and scary) and we would wave, a secret society of 5:30am drivers…

Comment on The Santa Cruz Wharf: A Hundred Years of History by Kathy Peasha

Kathy Peasha — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:04:48 +0000

Santa Cruz Wharf hosted a Naval tour of a ship moored off the wharf to the public in 1983. I wanted to know what Naval ship it was and can’t seem to find any history of it.
Can anyone please help me?

Comment on The Wave Motor: Still Pumping by Jessie Maring

Jessie Maring — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:54:05 +0000

Lived in the mountains above there, and walked there many, many times; and still consider it “home’. Thanx for the history of the blowholes!

Comment on Awaswas Wart Remedy: Poison Oak by Catharine Gunderson

Catharine Gunderson — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 04:11:39 +0000

In reply to Meredy Wells. Thank you for that poison oak remedy. I am going to try that next time I find myself in poison oak. Is thats the leaves, bark or berries of Manzanita?

Comment on Cats: The Statues not the Town by CIndy hays

CIndy hays — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:30:25 +0000

I recently noticed the two cats Have different faces. is there any history as to why?

Comment on Shake it Off: How San Francisco Rebuilt Itself-Fast by Ann Armstrong

Ann Armstrong — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:59:36 +0000

We live in the Hills of Richmond Ca. Our home appears to be built right on top of rubble from the 1906 earthquake, our home was built 2017. What types of things mayb be under my home?

Comment on The Pilkington Creek Tour by Dan Santillano

Dan Santillano — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 01:26:24 +0000

Thank you for writing about the Awaswas people of the Aptos area. It is my new home and I like getting some well-written context in so that I can enjoy my experience, and respect the experiences of the Awaswas peoples, better.

Daniel Santillano
Aptos

Comment on California’s Golden Rolling Hills Aren’t Native! by Skyler

Skyler — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:32:21 +0000

In reply to Cindy Biggs Weiss. That is inspiring Cindy! Do you allow native grazers on your land while keeping livestock out?

Comment on California’s Golden Rolling Hills Aren’t Native! by Skyler

Skyler — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:11:36 +0000

I’m so thankful to find an article telling the harsh truth of foxtails and other introduced plants. It is perplexing that livestock grazing (the source of the problem) is being touted as a solution to the invasive plants that they actually spread. Such lies being spread en mass shows the power of the animal agriculture.

Comment on Previous Lives of Santa Cruz’s Clock Tower by Bryan Mumford

Bryan Mumford — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:22:18 +0000

I wish you could tell us what became of the real Seth Thomas clock, after it was removed in 2014.

Comment on Holy City: Father Riker’s Cult in the Santa Cruz Mountains by richards_bart@yahoo.com

richards_bart@yahoo.com — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:49:40 +0000

When I lived in Redwood Estates as a young boy, I walked to Holy City to get my haircut and had to walk past Father Rike’r’s house. Sort of scary for a boy nine years old (or younger). Had to walk through dark and scary woods to get there. My parents used to drive the Old Road to get to Seacliff Beach. They refused to take us to Santa Cruz because they were concerned that my younger brother and I would to ride the roller coaster and other rides.

Comment on Ohlone, Coastanoan or Awaswas: Correcting History’s Misnomers by Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:02:55 +0000

Can you help clarify the understanding of the difference, if there is one, between Awaswas and Awaswa? It seems that the Awaswas is the name of the language? with Awaswa the term for the people who spoke it? or do I have that wrong?

Also, what is the avenue to lean more and talk with someone from the tribe or representing the interests of the tirbe?

Thank you

Comment on The Rocks of Santa Cruz’s Central Coast: The Purisima Formation by George Lewis

George Lewis — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:15:59 +0000

Interesting, fun, and very educational to read. Thank you for writing and sharing the information.

Comment on Is Highway 17 That Dangerous or Is It Just Laurel Curve? by David Coelho

David Coelho — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:15:10 +0000

I am searching for a photo of the old cloud 9 on the summit hwy to santa cruz…has anyone seen or have one?

Comment on Pogonip: Lime Kilns, Secret Notes, and Questionable Koi by Kellie

Kellie — Thu, 23 May 2019 06:15:40 +0000

Hi, we are trying to take a large group to see the lime kiln in a couple weeks. We tried to go s our it out this last Saturday and started walking down the trail 40 min before sunset and it was raining. We didn’t find it in time.
Can anyone tell me how to find the kiln?

Comment on Pogonip: Lime Kilns, Secret Notes, and Questionable Koi by Lara Sullivan

Lara Sullivan — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:50:00 +0000

Hello. I’m looking for pics and info about equipment used to build the barrels to carry/haul the lime from the lime kilns on Fall Creek trail. I once had a book, a white paperback,that has been lost (I don’t remember the title..maybe?? “Ghost Towns of the SC mountains”). It had lots of info and past and present pics of places in the SC mountains such as “Patchen” on Summit road. I’m particularly looking for pics and info on the the equipment used at the lime kilns. Thank you for your time,
Lara