Santa Cruz ( ) is the
county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz
County
, California
in the United States of America
. As of the 2006 census estimate, Santa Cruz
had a total population of 54,778, up 0.3% from the
2000 Census.
It is located on the
northern edge of the Monterey
Bay
, about 72 mi (115 km) south of San
Francisco
.
The present-day site of Santa Cruz was the location of a
Native American
settlement since ancient times.
It was also one of the earliest settlements
of the Spanish during the exploration of Alta California
in the later part of the 1700s, including a
California Mission. During
the late 1800s, after California became part of the United States,
Santa Cruz became widely popular for its idyllic beaches and
coastal redwood forests, establishing itself
as a resort community. Santa Cruz is now known for its moderate
climate, natural beauty, educational institutions, alternative
community lifestyles, and socially liberal leanings.
It is also home to the
prestigious University of California at Santa
Cruz
.
History
The Ohlone & pre-contact period
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the Eighteenth Century, Santa
Cruz was home to the nomadic
Ohlone Native
Americans.
Mission and Pueblo period
In 1769 the Spanish explorer
Gaspar de Portolà accidentally
arrived in the vicinity while attempting to travel to Monterey. He
named the river
San Lorenzo for
Saint Lawrence and he called the rolling
hills above the river "Santa Cruz" which means "holy cross".
In 1791,
Father Fermín Lasuén
declared the establishment of La Misión de la Exaltación de la
Santa Cruz (also known as Mission Santa Cruz
) for the conversion of the Awaswas of Chatu-Mu and
surrounding
Ohlone villages. Santa Cruz was the twelfth mission to be
founded in California. In April 1796 and by order of the Viceroy of New Spain
Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca y Branciforte, marqués de
Branciforte, Captain Pere
d'Alberní, and his First Free Company of Volunteers of
Catalonia
, a 72-man irregular
unit serving the Spanish
Crown
, were moved to California to take care of the Spanish military garrisons of
Monterrey
, Santa Bárbara
, San Diego
and San Francisco. Across the
San
Lorenzo River, in what is now known as the East Side of Santa
Cruz,
Alberní founded a town
called
Villa Branciforte (
Spanish for Branciforte Village), in honor
of the
Viceroy of New Spain.
Villa Branciforte later merged with the Mission Santa Cruz
community across the river, and together they formed what is today
known as Santa Cruz. By the 1820s Mexico had assumed control of the
area. Within the next twenty years, immigrants from the United
States began to arrive in great numbers. Mexico ceded the territory
of California in the
Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo following the
Mexican-American War, and California
became a state in 1850.
California statehood
View of Santa Cruz and the Monterey
Bay from UCSC
Santa Cruz was incorporated in 1866 as a town under the laws of the
State of California and received its first charter as a city in
1876. At that time the city was governed by a Mayor and Common
Council consisting of four members. Victorian houses remaining from
this period can be found on Walnut Avenue. Due to its mild climate
and scenic beauty, Santa Cruz also became a prominent resort
community.
From 1880
to 1940, logging, lime processing, agriculture, and commercial
fishing industries prospered in the area, and a narrow gauge
railroad connected Santa Cruz and Los Gatos
with standard gauge connections from Los Gatos to
the other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area
. The railroad was acquired by the
Southern Pacific in the early 1900s and
carried freight and passenger trains. Excursion trains operated
until the
1906 San
Francisco earthquake, which caused major damage to tracks,
tunnels, and bridges. The Southern Pacific repaired the line and
resumed operations until March 1940, following more damage by a
major winter storm. With the completion of
State Route 17 that same year,
there was less reason to continue the rail operations.
In 1907, the citizens voted for a new charter designating a Mayor
as chief executive and a City Council consisting of seven members.
Subsequent charters gave a Mayor and four Commissioners both
executive and administrative powers. At that time the city was
divided into five departments: Public Affairs, Revenue and Finance,
Public Health and Safety, Public Works, and Streets and Parks. In
1948, the City of Santa Cruz adopted a new City Charter. This
charter established a Council-Manager form of government, with a
Mayor and six Councilmembers setting policy for the city and a city
manager serving as the chief administrator of those policies. The
Charter, with amendments, is still in existence today.
On October
17, 1989, the city suffered major damage from the Loma Prieta
earthquake
, which was centered on Loma Prieta
, the highest point in the nearby Santa Cruz
Mountains
. Many of the historic buildings in the
downtown business district were damaged or destroyed, especially
along Pacific Avenue. Reconstruction of the district has continued
in recent years, and some of the original buildings, which were
filmed as a part of a car chase scene, can be viewed in
Clint Eastwood's movie,
Sudden Impact.
Social activism
As a center of
liberal and
progressive activism,
Santa Cruz became one of the first cities to approve marijuana for
medicinal uses. In 1992, residents overwhelmingly approved Measure
A, which allowed for the medicinal uses of marijuana. Santa Cruz
also became one of the first cities in California to test the
state's
medical marijuana laws in
court after the arrest of
Valerie
Corral and
Mike Corral, founders of
the
Wo/Men's
Alliance for Medical Marijuana, by the
DEA. The case was ruled in
favor of the growers. In 2005, the Santa Cruz City Council
established a city government office to assist residents with
obtaining medical marijuana. In 2006,
Measure K was passed by voters, making
marijuana enforcement "lowest priority" for law enforcement.
Santa Cruz has an activist Veteran community. The United Veterans
Council sponsors a community-based program for Veterans dealing
with re-entry into society as an alternative to government
remedies. The Bill Motto
VFW post #5888 sponsors anti-war
and peace efforts in Santa Cruz and throughout the country. The
Veterans Memorial Building is host to
punk,
reggae, and
hip-hop acts from Santa Cruz and around the world.
It is also the home of the Bill Motto Post sponsored
Thanksgiving and
Christmas dinners. These dinners were started by
post #5888 in the late seventies. In 2006, the Thanksgiving dinner
served 1,400 people. Founded in 1976, The Resource Center for
Nonviolence is one of the oldest and most centrally located
non-profit organizations committed to political and social activism
in Santa Cruz County. The center is "dedicated to promoting the
principles of nonviolent social change and enhancing the quality of
life and human dignity". In 1998, Santa Cruz declared itself a
Nuclear-free zone, and in 2003,
the Santa Cruz City Council became the first City Council in the
U.S. to denounce the Iraq War. The City Council of Santa Cruz also
issued a proclamation opposing the
USA
PATRIOT Act.
Notable
feminists activists
Nikki Craft and
Ann
Simonton resided in Santa Cruz where they formed the "Praying
Mantis Brigade". This collection of activists organized the "Myth
California Pageant" in the 1980s protesting "the objectification of
women and the glorification of the beauty myth." Myth California
was staged concurrently with the
Miss
California pageant held in Santa Cruz since the 1920s. The
protests, including women dressed in meat and pouring the blood of
raped women across a pageant entryway , ran for nine years and
eventually contributed to the Miss California pageant leaving Santa
Cruz. Simonton founded and coordinates the non-profit group "Media
Watch" which monitors and critiques media images of women and
ethnic minorities. Beginning in 1983 Santa Cruz has hosted an
annual
Take Back the Night
candlelight vigil, rally, march, and protest focusing on the issue
of violence against women.
Santa Cruz has an active community of independent media makers as
demonstrated by the Santa Cruz Independent Media Center and many
other do-it-yourself media projects. A pirate radio station,
Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC
101.1 FM), has been in operation in Santa Cruz for more than a
decade, operating with active participation from a cross section of
Santa Cruz residents. Incendio is a bi-lingual journal to connect
English- and Spanish-speaking anarchists throughout the world to
anarchist, indigenous, ecological, and social struggles occurring
throughout Latin America. Santa Cruz also has an active independent
media outlet.
Other non-profit organizations have been developed to address
various issues in the community, such as The
Santa Cruz AIDS Project,
Barrios Unidos, SubRosa, and The Homeless
Garden Project.
Climate
Santa Cruz has mild weather throughout the year, enjoying a
Mediterranean climate characterized by cool, wet winters and warm,
mostly dry summers.
Due to its proximity to Monterey Bay, fog and low overcast are common during the night
and morning hours, especially in the summer.
January is the coolest month with an average maximum of and an
average minimum of . September is the warmest month with an average
maximum of and an average minimum of . There are an average of only
5.7 days with highs of 90°F (32°C) or higher and an average of 12.7
days with lows of 32°F (0°C) or lower. The highest temperature on
record was on September 14, 1971. The lowest temperature on record
was on December 23, 1990.
Average annual rainfall in Santa Cruz is , with most of the rain
falling from November through April. There are an average of 65
days with measurable rain annually. The most rainfall in one year
was in 1983 and the least rainfall in one year was in 1989. In
December 1955, 21.07 inches fell in Santa Cruz and the San
Lorenzo River had one of its greatest floods in history. Heavy
rains and high winds in the spring of 1958 caused extensive damage
along the coastline of Santa Cruz County. The greatest 24 hour
rainfall in Santa Cruz was on January 5, 1982.
Economy
The principal industries of Santa Cruz are
agriculture,
tourism,
education (UCSC) and
high
technology. Santa Cruz is a center of the
organic agriculture movement, and many
specialty products as well as housing the headquarters of
California Certified
Organic Farmers.
Tourist attractions include the classic
Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk
on the beach, the redwood forests, and Monterey Bay, which is protected as a marine sanctuary.
Demographics
Santa Cruz
Population by year
| Year |
Pop. |
| 1860 |
950 |
| 1870 |
2,561 |
| 1880 |
3,898 |
| 1890 |
5,596 |
| 1900 |
5,659 |
| 1910 |
11,146 |
| 1920 |
10,917 |
| 1930 |
14,395 |
| 1940 |
16,896 |
| 1950 |
21,970 |
| 1960 |
25,596 |
| 1970 |
32,076 |
| 1980 |
41,483 |
| 1990 |
49,040 |
| 2000 |
54,593 |
Recorded from the
census of 2000, there were
54,593 people total with 20,442 households and 10,404 families
residing in the city. The
population
density includes 1,682.2/km² (4,356.0/sq mi). There were
21,504 housing units at an average density of 1,715.8/sq mi
(662.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 78.74%
White, 17.39%
Hispanic or
Latino, 1.73%
African American, 0.86%
Native American, 4.90%
Asian, 0.13%
Pacific Islander, 9.14% from
other races, and 4.50%
from two or more races.
There were 20,442 households out of which 25.1% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were
married couples living together, 9.6% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 49.1% were non-families.
29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the city the population was spread out with 17.3% under the age
of 18, 20.5% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to
64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males age 18 and
over.
The median
income for a household in the city
was $50,605, and the median income for a family was $62,231 (these
figures had risen to $59,172 and $80,496 respectively as of a 2007
estimate). Males had a median income of $44,751 versus $32,699 for
females. The
per capita income for
the city was $25,758. About 6.6% of families and 16.5% of the
population were below the
poverty line,
including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or
over.
Law and government
City of Santa Cruz Logo
In the
state
legislature Santa Cruz is located in the 11th
Senate District, represented by
Democrat Joe Simitian, and in the 27th
Assembly District, represented by
Democrat
Bill Monning. Federally, Santa
Cruz is located in
California's 17th
congressional district, which has a
Cook PVI of D +17 and is
represented by Democrat
Sam Farr.
Sister cities
Santa
Cruz has six sister cities, as
designated by Sister Cities International, Inc., including Alushta
, Ukraine
, which was established in the waning days of the
Soviet
Union
before the fall of Communism and was controversial at the time ,
Jinotepe
, Nicaragua
, Puerto La Cruz,
Venezuela
, Sestri
Levante
, Italy
, Shingū, Japan
, which was
established in 1974 when three Santa Cruz college students resided
in Shingu for a year (1973-74) doing intensive Aikido training at
the historic Kumano Juku Aikido school , and Santa Cruz
de Tenerife
, Spain. A monument next to the downtown
Santa Cruz post office has a small circular plaza surrounded by
marble posts topped with bronze maps of each of the sister
cities.
Transportation
State Routes
1 and
17 are the main roads in and out
of Santa Cruz. Geographically constrained between the Santa Cruz
Mountains and the Monterey Bay, the narrow transportation corridor
served by SR 1 suffers mild congestion. The ramp from SR 1
northbound to SR 17 southbound, onto Ocean Street, is commonly
known as the "fish hook" due to its tightening curve. A project to
widen the highway and this interchange was begun in 2006 and
completed in the fall of 2008.
No.
7 Sonora Class C Shay
Big Trees Railroad
The
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit
District
provides bus service throughout Santa Cruz
County. Metro also operates bus service between
Santa Cruz (city) and San Jose
by way of a partnership with the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority and Amtrak California. Connections are
possible in San Jose.
A complete transit itineraries between Santa
Cruz and San
Francisco Bay Area cities and major
airports are available from iridethebus.org. Greyhound Lines bus service is another
option for visiting Santa Cruz.
The
nearest airports for commercial travel are San Jose
International Airport
, Monterey Peninsula Airport
, San Francisco International
Airport
, and Oakland International Airport
.
Santa Cruz has an extensive network of bike lanes and bike paths.
Most
major roads have bike lanes, and wide, luxurious bike lanes were
recently installed on Beach Street, near the Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk. Additionally, there are levee bike paths
along the
San Lorenzo River. A
Rail Trail -- a bicycle and pedestrian
path beside an existing coastal train track—is under
consideration.
The
Santa Cruz,
Big Trees and Pacific Railway operates diesel-electric tourist
trains between the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Roaring Camp in Felton
, through Henry Cowell
Redwoods State Park
, with its famous Redwood
Grove walking trail.
Education
Santa
Cruz is home to several notable educational institutions, including
Pacific Collegiate School
(a grade 7-12 charter school), Georgiana Bruce Kirby
Preparatory School (a grade 6-12 private school), Santa Cruz High School, the University
of California, Santa Cruz
, and Cabrillo
College (which is located in nearby Aptos
and holds some classes within Santa Cruz
city).
Attractions
Downtown
A Pacific Avenue street corner.
Santa Cruz's downtown area consists of a segment of Pacific Avenue
and adjacent streets. This area is known for shopping in
locally-owned businesses (formerly known as the
Pacific Garden
Mall), and is the city's cultural center with several book
stores and independent movie theaters, The Catalyst nightclub, bars
which often feature live music, a variety of street performers, an
art museum, and a civic auditorium. The atmosphere is generally
peaceful and relaxed; people play music and sing. On weekends, at
the fork of Pacific Avenue and Front Street, representatives of the
local Brazilian and Portuguese-speaking populations have dance
contests. There has been a local campaign to "Keep Santa Cruz
Weird", and Robert Steffen, a gentleman who walks slowly down
Pacific Avenue dressed in pink women's clothing, pink makeup, and a
pink
parasol demonstrates this.
Roy Rydell was engaged as the landscape architect for the former
Pacific Garden Mall and other notable places in Santa Cruz
including: Abbott Square beside The Museum of Art & History and
Lulu's at the historical Octagon, Plaza Branciforte on Soquel
Avenue, the Town Clock Plaza, the Communication Building at UCSC,
Deer Park Center, Santa Cruz City Hall Annex, and the
Alfred Hitchcock estate.
During
the Loma Prieta
earthquake in 1989, several buildings along what was known as
the Pacific Garden Mall were destroyed, including the former beaux
arts courthouse renamed and reopened in the 1960s as the Cooper
House. The Cooper House was widely regarded as the heart of
the downtown area and featured outdoor music played each day by Don
McCaslin's band "Warmth". The Cooper House had a restaurant and bar
that went through several owners throughout the 1980s but
consistently attracted the townspeople, their guests, and local
characters such as "Rainbow Ginger" to the outdoor patio where
cocktails, food, music, and people watching were always on the
menu. Since the earthquake, the old "Pacific Garden Mall" theme was
eliminated, and an updated downtown design plan was implemented.
The few remaining empty lots on Pacific Avenue are currently in the
process of being developed.
Parks, beaches, and greenbelt districts
Santa
Cruz is home to several state parks and beaches, including Lighthouse
Field State Beach
, Natural Bridges State Beach
, Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, Twin Lakes
State Beach, and Seabright State Beach.
Santa Cruz has five greenbelt districts, including Arana Gulch,
Lighthouse Field, Moore Creek, Neary Lagoon, and Pogonip.
Pogonip is a city-run park and open
space located adjacent to the University
of California, Santa Cruz. It includes second-growth redwoods and
meadows as well as several streams, and is crossed by several
hiking trails. The Pogonip also includes a former country club,
with its golf courses and polo fields. The name for the park is
derived from the
Ohlone Native
American word
pogonip
meaning "icy fog". There are also three regional parks and
twenty-one neighborhood parks.
Recreation
Roof of the Carousel building (the
"Merry-Go-Round") at the Boardwalk
A surfer
Santa Cruz is well-known for watersports such as
sailing,
diving,
swimming,
paddling,
and is regarded as one of the best spots in the world for
surfing. It is the home of
O'Neill Wetsuits and
Santa Cruz Surfboards, as well as Santa Cruz Skateboards and Santa
Cruz Bicycles. Santa Cruz also houses Derby skate park.
The
Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk is California’s oldest amusement park and a designated State
Historic Landmark. Home to a
National Historic Landmark, a
1911
Charles I. D. Looff
Carousel and 1924 Giant Dipper
roller coaster, the Boardwalk has been owned and
operated by the Santa Cruz Seaside Company since 1915.
Santa Cruz is the reputed site of the first surfing in California
in 1885 , when three Hawaiian princes, Prince Edward, Prince David
and Prince Jonah Kalaniana’ole, surfed on locally milled redwood
boards at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. Santa Cruz has 11
world-class surf breaks, including the point breaks over rock
bottoms near
Steamer Lane and
Pleasure Point, which
create some of the best surfing waves in the world .
Home to the Santa Cruz
Surfing Museum
at Steamer Lane, which continues to be staffed by
docents such as Harry Mayo and others from the Santa Cruz Surfing
Club who have surfed Santa Cruz waves since the 1930s, Santa Cruz
hosts several surf contests drawing international participants each
year, including the O'Neill Cold Water Classic, the International
Longboard Association contest, and many others. Santa Cruz
was home to the Miss California Pageant, state finals to Miss
America for six decades.
The
Santa Cruz
Wharf
is known for fishing, viewing marine mammals and
other recreation. Local parks offer many opportunities for
birding and
butterfly watching, as well as outdoor
sports such as
skateboarding,
cycling,
camping,
hiking, and
rock
climbing. In addition to its reputation in surfing and
skateboarding, Santa Cruz is known for other alternative sports
such as
disc golf. The Santa Cruz
Skatepark is open to the public 7 days a week and is free. The
De Laveaga Disc Golf
Course hosts
PDGA tournaments, including
the annual Masters Cup. De Laveaga was the disc golf and discathon
venue for the
WFDF-sanctioned
World Disc Games overall event held in
Santa Cruz in July 2005.
Sun sets on the wharf and the city
skyline
The city also is often said to be a huge hot spot for
Volkswagen Beetle enthusiasts, featuring
many in local auto shows annually. One of the Volkswagen Beetle's
custom variations, the "So-Cal" Bug, has received nationwide
attention as a true California surf car. Many of these are seen on
the beaches in Santa Cruz, as well as the occasional
Volkswagen Bus .
Cultural attractions
Santa
Cruz has several smaller attractions, including the University of California, Santa Cruz,
Arboretum
, Mission Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Museum of
Natural History, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art
& History and the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum which is housed in a lighthouse near Steamer Lane.
Cultural events
- Santa Cruz County
Symphony — Founded in 1958, the Santa Cruz County Symphony is a
fully professional ensemble of 65 members which presents an annual
concert series at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and the Mello
Center in Watsonville. Additional offerings include musician school
visits, free concerts for area school children, family concerts,
and pops concerts.
- Shakespeare Santa Cruz —
An annual summer festival at UC Santa Cruz, the event typically
performs two Shakespeare plays
and one other play every summer, many of which are performed in a
unique outdoor space among the redwoods.
- Santa Cruz Film Festival — An annual event for independent
filmmakers to share their work with film enthusiasts
- Santa Cruz Pride — The annual parade is a celebration of sexual
preference and diversity in Santa Cruz, held on the Pacific Avenue
mall.
- Open Studios Art Tour — The art fair has been run for more than
three decades and draws artists and patrons from around the
area.
- O'Neill Cold Water Classic — An
annual surfing event that draws crowds at the popular Steamer Lane.
- Wharf to Wharf Race — An annual race which has been held for
more than three decades.
- Woodies on the Wharf — An annual woodies
show that takes place on the Santa Cruz Wharf.
- Santa Cruz Farmers Market - Year
Round Outdoor Markets showcasing the agricultural diversity of the
Central Coast region with emphasis on sustainable agriculture and organic food. Regional specialties include
strawberry, apple, artichoke, artisan goat cheeses and brassica. The main market is held downtown on
Wednesdays.
Historic places
Media
Television
The Monterey-Salinas metropolitan statistical (or service) area
(MSA) is served by a variety of local television stations, and is
the 124th largest designated market area (DMA) in the U.S. with
222,900 homes:
ABC affiliate
The
Monterey-Salinas area lost its American Broadcasting Company
broadcast affiliate in 2000, when KNTV
was
purchased, and then became the NBC station for the San Francisco
Oakland San Jose metropolitan area. KNTV, now known as
NBC11
, later moved its tower from Loma Prieta
Peak
to San Bruno Mountain
, ceasing its coverage in Monterey.
At that
time, ABC reached an agreement with Comcast Cable to provide a
slightly-customized feed of San Francisco
ABC O&O KGO-TV
for the
Monterey area, branded simply as ABC 7 and occasionally
referred to by the mock call letters AABC.
Radio
Newspapers
The
Santa Cruz Sentinel is Santa
Cruz's only daily newspaper. The area is also served by weeklies:
Santa Cruz Weekly (formerly called
Metro Santa Cruz) and
Good Times. University of California
has its own publication,
City
on a Hill Press, and an alternative humor publication,
Fish Rap Live!.
Notable Santa Cruzans and Santa Cruz-based organizations
Due to
being the home of University of California, Santa
Cruz as well as being bustling with local musicians,
Santa Cruz has a number of notable
residents.
Businesses headquartered in Santa Cruz
Notable businesses that are headquartered in Santa Cruz include
Cruzio,
Fullpower Technologies,
O'Neill ,
Plantronics,
RF
Micro Devices,
Santa Cruz
Biotechnology,
Giro, and
Santa Cruz Skateboards. Several
businesses which used to be headquartered in Santa Cruz include
Odwalla and
Santa Cruz Operation.
Controversy
After
Huntington
Beach
, California trademarked the Surf City USA name, Santa Cruz
politicians tried to stop the mark from
being registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
because of a 10-year-old controversy over Santa Cruz's
nickname "Surf City." Huntington Beach has obtained
a total of seven registrations for the Surf City USA trademark.
None of these registrations of the trademark are on the
principal register, but on the
secondary register, which means that Huntington
Beach has no exclusive right to assert ownership over the "Surf
City USA" trademark. Two Santa Cruz surf shops, Shoreline Surf Shop
and Noland's on the Wharf, sued the city of Huntington Beach in
order to protect the public use of the term "Surf City." The
parties reached a confidential settlement in January 2008, in which
neither side admitted liability and all claims and counterclaims
were dismissed. The Santa Cruz surf shops continue to print
t-shirts, and the Visitor's Bureau retains the right to use the
trademark.
Pop culture references
- In the 1963 Beach Boys song "Surfin' USA", one of the verses features
the lyrics, "You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar, Ventura County
Line, Santa Cruz and Trestle."
- Irish
indie/rock band, The
Thrills, released a single called "Santa Cruz (You're Not That
Far)", from their 2003 album So
Much for the City.
- Several scenes from the 1987 film
The Lost Boys were filmed at
distinctive locations in Santa Cruz, including the Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk, Pogonip clubhouse, and the Santa Cruz
Wharf.
- Fatboy Slim has a song named "Santa
Cruz", from his 1996 album Better Living Through
Chemistry.
- Quentin
Tarantino references the City of Santa Cruz in Reservoir Dogs and the University
of California, Santa Cruz in Pulp
Fiction.
- Paddle Out by Sublime is about surfing in Santa Cruz. It mentions Natural
Bridges, Steamer Lane,
Mitchell's Cove and Stockton Avenue.
- JJ Cale sings a song about Santa
Cruz
- The 2008 Pearl Jam Christmas Single
was a song named "Santa Cruz".
- In 2009 a video was uploaded on Youtube depicting a woman
struggling to make a speech at a City Council meeting. The woman is
now infamously known as the "Brilliant woman of Santa Cruz".
- In The Game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Santa Cruz Is
Featured As A Level In Classic Mode
- Robert Earl
Keen's song "I'm Coming Home" recalls a trip to Monterey Bay and includes the line "Life is good out in Santa
Cruz"
See also
References
- U.S. Census QuickFacts - Santa Cruz
- San Diego Historical Society - Gaspar de Portola
- Santa
Cruz City - History of Santa Cruz
- California Missions Online - Mission Santa
Cruz
- Villa de Branciforte Preservation Society
- COUNCIL POLICY 11.4: DECLARING THE CITY OF SANTA
CRUZ A NUCLEAR FREE ZONE
-
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_DP3YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_&-tree_id=3307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=16000US0669112&-format=&-_lang=en
- Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation
Commission, January, 2007, "Santa Cruz Coastal Trail Network Fact
Sheet"
- Mercury News - The Catalyst / Santa Cruz
- Mercury News - Santa Cruz celebrates the cycling
scene: Museum exhibit documents city's contribution to cycling,
just in time for Tour de California
- City of Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
- MetroActive - Keeping the Weird Rolling
- SantaCruz.com - Umbrella Man Sighted in Downtown
Santa Cruz
- Surfer Magazine picks Santa Cruz as top spot to
surf 06/05/2009
- Mercury News - Santa Cruz County Symphony Appeals
for Funds To Keep Season Afloat
- SF Gate - Shakespeare Santa Cruz marks 25th season,
and you'll like it
- http://www.santacruzfarmersmarket.org/
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxe_kwc8klw&feature=video_response
-
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/keen-robert-earl/im-comin-home-11757.html
| Retrieved 18 Nov. 2009
- Surfin' in Pichilemu
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