CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.santacruzchamber.org/

Population:
54593 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
28-Aug-1791 (mission)

County:
Santa Cruz County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Santa Cruz Sentinel

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of California at Santa Cruz	1965

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum	1986
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History	1905

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Plantronics	1962

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Durbin	Singer	6-Jan-1989		Memories of a Beautiful Disaster
Beverly Garland	Actor	17-Oct-1926	5-Dec-2008	Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Warren W. Matthews	Judge	5-Apr-1939		Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Adam Scott	Actor	3-Apr-1973		Ben Wyatt on Parks and Recreation

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Beal	Actor	13-Aug-1909	26-Apr-1997	The Little Minister
Norman O. Brown	Historian	25-Sep-1913	2-Oct-2002	Life Against Death
Harry Hooper	Baseball	24-Aug-1887	18-Dec-1974	MLB Hall of Famer
John Hoyt	Actor	5-Oct-1905	15-Sep-1991	Attack of the Puppet People
Matthew Josephson	Historian	15-Feb-1899	13-Mar-1978	The Robber Barons
Robert P. Kraft	Astronomer	16-Jun-1927	26-May-2015	Lick Observatory
Donald E. Osterbrock	Astronomer	13-Jul-1924	11-Jan-2007	Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81
J. Lee Rankin	Government	7-Jul-1907	28-Jun-1996	US Solicitor General, 1956-61
Adrienne Rich	Poet	16-May-1929	27-Mar-2012	An Atlas of the Difficult World
Skip Spence	Musician	18-Apr-1946	16-Apr-1999	Moby Grape guitarist, Oar
Robert Anton Wilson	Author	18-Jan-1932	11-Jan-2007	Illuminatus Trilogy

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