Disc Golf Fest Comes to City Park

Anyone who wants to learn the mechanics of throwing a golf disc or maybe even meet a professional who does just that for a living might find Saturday to be their lucky day. The city has built a 9-hole disc golf course on the former site of the Occupy village in San Lorenzo Park and is throwing a party to introduce the sport.

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April Offers Rare Glimpse of Santa Cruz Sandhills

Few readers of Sunset Magazine know that the publication was started by Southern Pacific Railroad as a promotional gimmick to persuade East Coast residents to visit the West Coast.  It flopped at first, but eventually Laurence Lane, a former Midwestern farmer, purchased the magazine with the idea of turning it into a West Coast version of Better Homes and Gardens, and Sunset was on its way.

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