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Santa Cruz is a beach town, with a beach to match almost any interest. Main Beach and Cowell Beach attract large crowds to the boardwalk area on sunny summer weekends. Flocks of novice surfers balance on their boards in the quiet waters just north of the municipal wharf, in front of the big hotel that locals still call the Dream Inn. Volleyball nets are strung just south of the wharf. The boardwalk amusement area is adjacent to main beach. Heading north, Steamers Lane isn't a beach, but the famous surf break in front of the lighthouse.
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The Santa Cruz vein is a normal fault defining the western edge of a large horst block that forms the core of the Guanacevi district and the San Pedro sub-district to the north. Most of the historic vein mines at Guanacevi lie east of this horst block. In the San Pedro sub-district, numerous north to northeast-trending faults crosscut the horst block and the shallow-dipping (15 to 35 degrees) unconformable contact of the Tertiary Lower Volcanic andesite flows and tuffs overlying a conglomerate sequence.
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In the eclectic county of Santa Cruz, most things come with a twist—and romance is no exception. Natural treasures are complemented by a broad range of cultural and dining riches that promise plenty of romantic opportunities for the springtime traveler, when coastal wildflowers are in bloom and a kiss of newness hangs in the air.
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In 1948, the City of Santa Cruz adopted a new City Charter. This charter established a Council-Manager form of government, with a Mayor and six Councilmembers setting policy for the city and a city manager serving as the chief administrator of those policies. The Charter, with amendments, is still in existence today.
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Santa Cruz is well represented by Iouri Podladtchikov once again!!! After placing 6th in Avoriaz France @ O'neill 1/4 pipe extravaganza Iouri recieved the news that he is in 2nd PLACE overall in the TTR standings!! In case you don't know what the TTR is well, get out from under that rock,, but it is the Ticket to Ride that is put up by none other than Terje in Norway. Many riders agree it is the best contest series going. Iouri has been crushing it all events throughout Europe and this standing as 2nd overall puts him in a great position for further dominance. Great Job Iouri, keep on crushing it!!
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Santa Cruz was incorporated in 1866 as a town under the laws of the State of California and received its first charter as a city in 1876. At that time the city was governed by a Mayor and Common Council consisting of four members.
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