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Story from Douglas Hansen

Downtown Santa Cruz in 1964 was a moribund remnant of its former glory. The two large hotels – the St. George and the Del Mar, were built to cater to tourists that took the “Suntan Special” train from San Francisco to spend weeke... Read more

Aug

2016

From a Prankster

By Lee Quarnstrom One of my first discoveries when I moved to Santa Cruz (from La Honda, as part of the Prankster diaspora) was that there was already a social scene in place for people sort of like we were, i.e., oddballs. There were... Read more

Jul

2016

60s Story

By Judy Hill INTRODUCTION Spring, 1966—Self-catapulted from Berkeley in the midst of political activism after four years at a nearby art college. At first I was heavily involved in all the unrest, loving it in fact, then I got ti... Read more

Apr

2016

Holly Harman on the Holiday Commune

Recordings provided by Bruce Damer. Holly Harman on the Holiday Commune. Peter Demerais on the Hip Pocket Bookstore.... Read more

Jan

2009

Oceans of Desire

Santa Cruz in the ’60’s by Paul A. Lee “How could I fail to be grateful to my whole life? —and I tell my life to myself.” – Nietzsche: Ecce Homo Bumping into a friend at the Harvard Coop who told me ... Read more

Nov

2005

Snapshots

PART 3 – SNAPSHOTS By Edward G. Brooks Following is life in the (mainly) ‘60’s in (mainly) Santa Cruz County, with some emphasis on the Cabrillo–Aptos–Rio Del Mar area, as seen in verbal snapshots taken then. THE WALL A... Read more

Feb

2005

Interview with Peter Demma

Ralph Abraham [R]: So we have to repeat the Q&A we did before which is, where you were born. I was born in Oakland, California and I think I went more-or-less immediately from there to Redwood City where–I lived at the foot o... Read more

Dec

2002

Interview with Bob Hall

BOB: ** into the Catalyst and I saw you sitting over at a table with your, what looked like love beads and a tie-dye shirt or something and I walked over and I said, “Hmm. You must be a student at UCSC.” And you said to... Read more

Mar

2002