Posted by admin on 26/11/2009
SANTA CRUZ (CBS 5 / AP) ―
The royal family of Hawaii has given Santa Cruz a plaque that some say boosts its claim as the real Surf City.
Santa Cruz, along California’s central coast, has unsuccessfully battled Huntington Beach, in the southern part of the state, over rights to the moniker.
On Tuesday, the Santa Cruz City [...]
Posted by admin on 25/11/2009
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Aptos
The Castro family grave marker in Aptos. The Castro Family owned nearly a quarter of all the land in the county in the 1840s. They lent their name to Castroville.
Claus Spreckels was born in Germany, but emigrated to Hawaii and started [...]
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A Brief History of Aptos California
1578
Sir Francis Drake sailed by our coast.
1821
Mexican Independence
1848
California annexed to United States as a territory.
1849
Jose Arano builds first General Store
1850
California gains statehood. Chinese begin to immigrate
1850’s
Castro builds Aptos Wharf (Aptos Wharf Road)
1860
Judge Ben Nichols builds a lumber mill in Aptos. Bridge built over Aptos Creek.
1865
Santa Cruz Earthquake
1868
Aptos Bridge destroyed to [...]
Posted by admin on 24/11/2009
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Aptos, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aptos, California
— CDP —
Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California
Coordinates: 36°58′53″N 121°54′27″W / 36.98139°N 121.9075°W / 36.98139; -121.9075
Country
United States
State
California
County
Santa Cruz
Area
- Total
7 sq mi (18.2 km2)
- Land
7 sq mi (18.2 km2)
– Water
0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
108 ft (33 m)
Population (2000)
- Total
9,396
- Density
1,342.3/sq mi (516.3/km2)
Time zone
PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)
PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes
95001, 95003
Area code(s)
831
FIPS code
06-02378
GNIS feature ID
1657939
Aptos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, [...]
Posted by admin on 14/11/2009
RIP Marilyn Chambers (and a Brief History of Adult Entertainment)
by Kara Kovalchik -
During the 1960s and 70s, you didn’t have to scour through the fine print in the sports section of your daily newspaper to find adult entertainment venues; adult theaters had their locales and screening times listed on the same page as the Bijou [...]
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Monroe, Marilyn (1926–1962), film actress.Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles. She did not complete high school, marrying James Dougherty in 1942 and divorcing him in 1946. An army photographer discovered her working in an airplane factory during World War II, and she parlayed her photogenic face and figure into modeling assignments. [...]
Posted by admin on 09/11/2009
Tony Curtis
recalls a key to his start in acting
November 6, 2009 By STEVE PARKS steve.parks@newsday.com
You don’t usually think of a shoeshine as an audition opportunity. But that’s how Tony Curtis got his start, he told an audience of 100 or so fans in Huntington Friday night.
“The [...]
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Mad Men’ and High Fashion Responsible for Return Of The Cone Bra
By Carly Milne
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It seems that every time you think a trend is dead and gone, it rises zombie-like from a grave to ravage the fashion scene once more.
Pucci print, hammer pants, bell bottoms… and the latest to make its repeat performance? The cone [...]
Posted by admin on 30/10/2009
Civil defense siren
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Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1003 Civil Defense siren.
A civil defense siren (also referred to as an air raid siren, tornado siren, tsunami siren, or other outdoor warning siren and also rarely referred to as the doomsday siren) is a mechanical or electronic device (modern-day sirens are [...]
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