Category Archives: Weekly Articles
March 20 – 26, 2012
HERB CAEN IN SANTA CRUZ, JUNE 18,1978. That’s me talking to Herb Caen at the Miss California Pageant. It was the only time I attended. My “Goodtime Washboard 3” had played for his and Jessica Minford’s joint birthday parties in … Continue reading
March 13 – 19, 2012
BAD FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT 10:40P.M. APRIL 14, 1894. This is the block bounded by Cooper Street, Pacific Avenue and Front Street. There wasn’t any water pressure because the City Water mains had been turned off. All this according to Sheila … Continue reading
March 7 – 13, 2012
DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ. I don’t dare put a date on this photo. There are too many cars in it and car nuts like Paul Elerick can date it within months. So lets hear it from auto enthusiasts. It’s before The … Continue reading
February 29 – March 6, 2012
PACIFIC AVENUE 1960. Most of this photo shows the Hotel St. George. Built mostly in 1893, and damaged beyond repair in the 1989 earthquake. It had a Garden Court, and held The People’s Bank (according to John Chase) Tanners Drug … Continue reading
February 20 – 26, 2012
PACIFIC AVENUE 1925. Squint a little and notice the Piggly Wiggly market on the right with the quote “all over the world”(like Trader Joe’s!). The brick building on the close right was the Trust building. Built in 1910 and named … Continue reading
THE OLD OX ROAD. Circa 1885, this photo looks a lot like one taken behind what’s now the Brookdale lodge back in the day. The guy in the vest maybe Chris Iffert. These log roads were built to stop the … Continue reading
DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ, 1946. Absolutely one of my favorite photos. Before the original Catalyst, there’s The Hotel Arlington, McHugh Bianchi were going strong, the City Library (the beautiful one) was still standing, town clock was still high atop the ODD … Continue reading
February 1 – 7, 2012
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS CIRCA 1957.As you can see this was before they built the J.J. Crosetti building. As we should always remember, this isn’t a County Fairgrounds it’s the State of California 14th Agricultural District show grounds. In the … Continue reading
January 25 – 31, 2012
RAIN??? THE CHRISTMAS FLOOD OF 1955. Wally Trabing told me that just about his first assignment at the Sentinel was covering this flood. Thats the Rittenhouse Building where it says “Mode O Day“`. Thats where the famous Rittenhouse murder took … Continue reading
January 16 – 22, 2012
REMEMBER RAIN??? This was taken on December 3, 1951. Joseph La Bue accountant has an office there now. It’s on the South west corner across from where Wayne’s College Of Beauty used to be. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical … Continue reading
