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Defending the California Beach Turf fr...
While two cities, Santa Cruz & Huntington Beach, once tussled over the rights to claim the Surf City moniker, these beach cities have more in common than either could ever imagine, including local turf wars over beach-based business enterprises.
At a city council meeting in Huntington Beach on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, a local pedicab business owner pleaded for council members to help protect his company from invading outsiders who brought pedicabs from San Diego and worked his turf at the U.S. Open of Surfing in July & August 2011. ...
California Surf Cities – Santa C...
As you drive by the Santa Cruz Wharf, expect to see surfers. Santa Cruz is a surfing town and its beach is the surfer's playground. It defines Santa Cruz, which calls itself Surf City.
Arriving in town from another Surf City (Huntington Beach,) a friend and I went to check out Nolan's Surf Shop that brought controversy and fame to this surfing city when it printed a t-shirt emblazoned with "Santa Cruz, Surf City" (0r something to that effect.) The surf shop was gone from its former spot it occupied ...
California’s Fabulous Carousels ...
As you travel the length and depth of the Golden State, one of the great attractions that delights children and brings out the child in even adults is the colorful carousel. There are many recent versions of the authentically carved American originals such as the well-known Looff carousel, but aficionados seeking to see what the carousel fuss is about can visit several destinations and ride real Looff-made amusements.
Charles I.D. Looff was a German born immigrant who carved furniture in a Brooklyn factory and began shaping carousel animals from the scraps ...
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