Category Archives: Weekly Articles

PROPOSED NEW WHALE RESTAURANT ON OUR WHARF. (or “Come Back Coastal Commission!!!”) Mark Gilbert who owns the Dolphin Restaurant, Gilbert’s Firefish Grill and Woodies Café all on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf wants to re-build and diminish the size of … Continue reading →

THE HUGE PROPOSED LA BAHIA. FROM BARRY SWENSON’S & CHARLIE CANFIELD’S OWN VIEW. For more than six years we’ve tried to get Barry and Charlie to scale it down, not stop building it…they haven’t listened. We’ve pointed out that it … Continue reading →

SCOTTS VALLEY 1958. That’s Camp Evers at the lower left at the intersection of Mount Herman Road and Scotts Valley Drive by the Union Station. And yes, this is before all the high tech companies came…and left. And it’s before … Continue reading →

BUILDING OUR MAIN POST OFFICE. JULY 1, 1911. Do note no Veterans Building and note the tall “Victory Pole” over by the Jamba Juice flatiron building. Those Victory Poles proved you were patriotic way back then. photo credit: photo courtesy … Continue reading →

SOQUEL 1955. This is looking east towards Watsonville on Soquel Drive. One of the many times Soquel lost its bridge. photo credit: photo courtesy Covello & Covello Historical photo collection Additional information always welcome: email photo@brattononline.com MARLENE DIETRICH SINGS IN … Continue reading →

HOLY CROSS CHURCH. 1880. That little girl in the photo is Rose Rostron the daughter of C. Aichberg the photographer who took it. This church was dedicated in 1794. It was torn down in 1885. photo credit: photo courtesy Covello … Continue reading →

HORSECAR # 1. Ed Ely at the horse car reins, May 1890. This speedy and dependable public transportation is shown here at Soquel Road and Doyle street. It ran from Ocean Street to Arana Gulch. It was owned and operated … Continue reading →

SANTA CRUZ WHARF (just being built) AND THE GHARKY RAILROAD WHARF, circa 1913. The railroad wharf was gone in 1922. As Rick Hamman says in his book on our trains, “Lumbering, lime, fruits, vegetables and tourists and fish used the … Continue reading →

SANTA CRUZ HAS JAMES DURBIN, DAVENPORT HAS LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI. (L to R in photo from Saturday June 18, 2011) Rita Bottoms, Tom Bottoms, Marcia McDougal, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bruce McDougal, Kim Kempke (La Sirena mgr.) and Me. This was taken inside … Continue reading →

CAPITOLA “GAY 90’S CELEBRATION July 2, 1950.Great photo, you can see the Venetian Motel, The Edgewater Club, and that’s probably Carolyn Swift on the Capitola Lion’s float :-). photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: … Continue reading →