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    The Santa Cruz Wharf is a wharf in Santa Cruz, California, United States, known for fishing, boat tours, viewing sea lions, dining, nightlife and gift...
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  • extends along the coast of the Monterey Bay, from just east of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. At the western edge of...
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    Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the...
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    Mission Santa Cruz (Spanish: La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz) is a Spanish Californian mission. Located on Mission Hill, it was founded on...
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    The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the...
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    Steamer Lane (category History of Santa Cruz County, California)
    location in Santa Cruz, California. It is just off a point on the side of cliffs in the West Cliff residential area near downtown Santa Cruz, providing...
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    The Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor (also "Santa Cruz Harbor", but see below) is situated in Santa Cruz, California, on the site of the former Woods Lagoon...
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    Giant Dipper (category Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz County, California)
    historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. The Giant Dipper, which replaced...
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    Santa Cruz High School is a comprehensive public school in Santa Cruz, California which originally opened in 1897 and now serves an enrollment of about...
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  • Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC) is an unlicensed radio station in Santa Cruz, California, United States. Founded by activists Skidmarkbob Bob, Phil Free and...
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    Branciforte (category History of Santa Cruz County, California)
    of the San Lorenzo River, facing Mission Santa Cruz on the west side of the river, in modern-day Santa Cruz, California. The pueblo never prospered, and...
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    Thames Estuary. The longest pier on the West Coast of the US is the Santa Cruz Wharf, with a length of 2,745 feet (837 m). Providing a walkway out to sea...
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    waterspouts which made landfall in Santa Cruz, both becoming EF0 tornadoes. One of the twisters hit the Santa Cruz Wharf, which damaged the roof and outdoor...
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    co-director 1981 - A Day on the Bay 2016 – Santa Cruz Wharf 2014 - Santa Cruz is in the Heart 2013 – Sports of Santa Cruz County 2013 - Vintage Bargetto: Celebrating...
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    The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing. With collections dating back to the earliest...
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    The Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium is an event and convention venue located in downtown Santa Cruz, California. It is owned by the City of Santa Cruz and...
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  • Surf City USA (category Santa Cruz, California)
    dispute between the California coastal cities of Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz. Both cities claimed the "Surf City" nickname, but after the Huntington...
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    Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster On The Beach Boardwalk is a National Historic Landmark composed of two parts, a Looff carousel and the Giant...
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    California Powder Works (category Companies based in Santa Cruz County, California)
    early panoramic lithograph, viewable online) and purchased a wharf off the main Santa Cruz beach. The first bridge collapsed in 1871 and was replaced the...
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    maintained a public aquarium on the Santa Cruz Wharf. In 1947, the Museum Commission was established to advise the Santa Cruz City Council on museum matters...
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    Golden Gate Villa (category Santa Cruz, California)
    The Golden Gate Villa is a Queen Anne style house built in 1891 in Santa Cruz, California. The house was designed by San Francisco architect Thomas J....
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  • Santa Cruz Weekly was a free-circulation weekly newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California. It began publishing under its current name on May 6, 2009;...
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    a resort hotel in Santa Cruz, California. During World War II the hotel was converted to the Naval Convalescent Hospital, Santa Cruz. The hotel was built...
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  • Metro Santa Cruz, a free-circulation weekly newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, was published from 1994 to 2009 It was renamed the Santa Cruz Weekly...
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    Kaiser Permanente Arena (category Santa Cruz Warriors)
    arena located in Santa Cruz, in the U.S. state of California. It has a seating capacity of 2,505 spectators. It hosts the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA...
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    octagonal building at 118 Cooper Street (at the corner of Front Street) in Santa Cruz, California was built in 1882, adjacent to the first (1866) County Court...
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    Davenport, California (category Census-designated places in Santa Cruz County, California)
    Davenport is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California. Davenport sits at an elevation of 259 feet (79 m). The 2020 United States...
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    Capitola, California (category Cities in Santa Cruz County, California)
    Capitola is a small seaside town in Santa Cruz County, California. Capitola is located on the northern shores of Monterey Bay, on the Central Coast of...
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    Elihu Anthony (category People from Santa Cruz County, California)
    wharfs in a similar location, currently the only remaining one is the Santa Cruz Wharf. He was an abolitionist and a supporter of the Union Army during the...
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    Cowell Lime Works (category History of Santa Cruz County, California)
    Street) between the kilns and the wharf, which descended to Monterey Bay from the bluffs near the famous Santa Cruz surf spot known as Steamer Lane. Their...
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