Category Archives: Weekly Articles

PACIFIC AVENUE AUGUST 23, 1967. Note the four car width of Pacific Avenue and the cars going in both directions!!! Now where the Tea Cup sat, we have Louis Rittenhouses’ Jamba Juice building on the east side and Lulu Carpenters … Continue reading →

UCSC STUDENT VIGIL AGAINST TUITION May 18,1967. Sure, that’s then California Governor Ronald Reagan visiting the UCSC campus. I’m betting that is Vernon Berlin who started KSCO radio holding the microphone on the left. History knows what Reagan thought of … Continue reading →

CALIFORNIA STATE MILITIA FROM CAMP STONEMAN. Here they are marching west in the early morning along Soquel Avenue in the 1890’s . That would be Shopper’s Corner in the lower right, and Branciforte going up to the left. photo credit: … Continue reading →

OUR SANTA CRUZ RAILROAD WHARF AND MUNICIPAL WHARF in 1913. The railroad wharf (on the right) was gone by 1922. The Santa Cruz Canning Company was located at the far end. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional … Continue reading →

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1920. Here’s the corner of Cedar and Locust Streets. It was the Hotel Santa Cruz back then. Now it’s the Planet Fresh Burrito place. The two story building on the closest corner used to be where Gary … Continue reading →

DAVENPORT 1907. This is the huge construction by the Ocean Shore Railroad of the trestle just below Davenport. It was intended to go to Scott Creek up along Swanton Road. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information … Continue reading →

KING AND MISSION STREETS JUNE 7, 1957. This is the grand opening of the Flying A Gas station. Complete with clown. Now it’s Five Gables Dentistry where Dr.David Klim has his offices. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. … Continue reading →

THE ONCE POPULAR WRIGLEY PLANT AND PERSONNEL.Newcomers may not be aware that both Wrigley’s gum and Lipton Tea had big time manufacturing plants out on the Westside. Here’s the Wrigley tour staff “Gal Usherettes” provided by Manpower, Inc. on April … Continue reading →

LEASKS DEPARTMENT STORE AT PACIFIC AND CHURCH STREETS January 1952 at 11:10 am. This is now Urban Outfitters and Regal Cinema 9. This grand and traditional Department store went through many iterations from 1892 when Samuel Leask from Scotland opened … Continue reading →

OUR “MOVABLE” EAST SIDE POST OFFICE. How soon we forget that our East Side postoffice never was where it used to be!!!! Here we can see the Official Dedication on February 3 1951 on Seabright Avenue just about where Hart’s … Continue reading →