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City of Scotts Valley | |
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 Back view of the Scotts Valley Civic Center/City Hall and Police Department | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location inSanta Cruz County and the state ofCalifornia | |
  City of Scotts Valley Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates:37°3′5″N122°0′48″W / 37.05139°N 122.01333°W /37.05139; -122.01333 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Santa Cruz |
| Incorporated | August 2, 1966[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.62 sq mi (11.96 km2) |
| • Land | 4.62 sq mi (11.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 561 ft (171 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 12,224 |
| • Density | 2,664/sq mi (1,028.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 95060, 95066, 95067 |
| Area code | 831 |
| FIPS code | 06-70588 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0277598 |
| Website | scottsvalley |
Scotts Valley is a small city inSanta Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtownSan Jose and six miles (9.7 km) north of the city ofSanta Cruz, in the upland slope of theSanta Cruz Mountains. As of the2020 census, the city population was 12,224. Principal access to the city is supplied byState Route 17 that connects San Jose and Santa Cruz. The city was incorporated in 1966.
Approximately ten thousand years ago there was a lake in the lowest elevation of Scotts Valley.[3] Archeological excavations of siteCA-SCR-177 (Scotts Valley Site) in 1983 and 1987 support dates forhuman settlement of this area as between 9,000 and 12,000 years before present (YBP). The lake drained during the Mid-Holocene warming period (4,000-5,000 YBP) forming what is now known asCarbonera Creek. When the lake drained, the people moved downslope following the lake water's transformation as in became the creek. Around 2000 BC,Ohlone people occupied areas along the remaining creeks, spring and seep areas, along with permanent and seasonal drainages, and on flat ridges and terraces.[4] Permanent villages were usually placed on elevations above seasonal flood levels. Surrounding areas were used for hunting and seed,acorn, and grass gathering. Therefore, areas alongwatercourses are considered likely locations for prehistoric cultural resources. Several watercourses, including portions ofCarbonera Creek,Bean Creek, and MacKenzie Creek, are within the city.[citation needed]
Scotts Valley was named after Hiram Daniel Scott, who purchasedRancho San Agustin, including the valley, in 1850 from Joseph Ladd Majors.Before Majors, the property was owned by José Bolcoff. Bolcoff was theoriginal settler and first European to claim title and live in what was to be Scotts Valley. He was born Osip Volkov around 1794 inPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,Siberia. Working as a fur trader around 1815, Bolcoff jumped ship on the Monterey Bay shoreline, quickly assimilated into the Spanish culture, and was well received by the Spanish authorities. Volkov had hisRussian Orthodoxbaptism validated in Mission Soledad in 1817, and was given the Spanish name José Antonio Bolcoff. Bolcoff lived with and traveled withAlta California's governorPablo Vicente de Solá, acting as an interpreter.
Becoming a Mexican citizen in 1833, Bolcoff moved his family to his 4,400-acre (18 km2) land grant building, an adobe casa historians speculate was located near present-day Kings Village Shopping Center. Bolcoff relinquished his interest in the Rancho San Augustin, selling and accepting $400 from Joseph Ladd Majors, also known as Don Juan José Mechacas. July 7, 1846, marked theshift of power in the region from Mexico to the United States.
Hiram Scott built theGreek revival styleScott House in 1853. Situated behind City Hall, it is aSanta Cruz County Historical Trust Landmark and is on theNational Register of Historic Places. The house originally stood on Scotts Valley Drive, near where aBank of America branch is now located.
From the 1840s, money-making activity in Scotts Valley centered on several industries: lumber, grain, the milling of grain, and most importantly the tanning of hides and working of leather.[5] Beginning in the 1930s,peat moss was removed from Scotts Valley and taken to San Francisco to supply soil for difficult indoor plants such asgardenias.[3][6] When the peat ran out, sand and gravel were quarried and sold.[5]
The area was the site of Santa's Village, a Christmas-themed amusement park which opened on May 30, 1957, on a 25-acre (10 ha) site which was formerly Lawridge Farm, part of the former Rancho San Augustin. "Residents" of the park included Santa, Mrs. Santa, and elves and gnomes who operated the rides and sold tickets. There was a petting zoo, a bobsled ride, a whirling Christmas tree ride, and a train ride, as well as a Fairy Tale Land. The park was sold in 1966 but continued to be operated under lease by the Santa's Village Corporation. When that corporation went bankrupt in 1977. the owner considered launching aKnott's Berry Farm type of complex but was denied a permit by the city of Scotts Valley, and the park closed for good in 1979.[7]
Scotts Valley's most famous resident was film directorAlfred Hitchcock, who lived in a mountaintop estate above the Vine Hill area from 1940 to 1972.Florence Owens Thompson, depicted inDorothea Lange'sMigrant Mother photograph, died in Scotts Valley in 1983.
Netflix was founded in Scotts Valley byReed Hastings andMarc Randolph in 1997.
In December 2024, Scotts Valley was impacted by an EF1 tornado. Five people were injured.[8][9]
From its early years as a stop on thestage route across the mountains, the Scotts Valley area has provided services to travelers. With the growing usage of theautomobile in the early 20th century, the area became commercialized and tourism developed as a local industry.
In the early 1920s, Edward Evers established Camp Evers at the junction of the State Highway and Mt. Hermon Road. Camp Evers consisted of a small store, gas pumps, dance hall and tents, becoming a resort and rest stop for travelers.
The Beverly Gardens were established in the 1930s and featured a collection of exotic birds and animals, a restaurant, and cabins.
Axel Erlandson opened The Tree Circus in 1947, featuring trees grafted and trained in strange andunusual shapes. Bright "life size" painted dinosaurs overlooking Highway 17 were added to the Tree Circus in 1964 when it changed its name to The Lost World. Surviving trees have since been moved toGilroy Gardens.
Santa's Village, one of three locations in America's firsttheme park chain, was established in 1956. It was the most popular of the many attractions, attracting millions of visitors to Scotts Valley for over twenty years, and it was the last of Scotts Valley's theme parks to close its doors, in 1979.H. Glenn Holland, who had already developed a Santa's Village elsewhere the previous year, leased 25 acres (100,000 m2) at the former Lawridge Farm, which was a portion of the former Rancho San Augustin for the Scotts Valley location of Santa's Village. The park maintained a historically correct team of Mexican burros that lived on the back 20-acre (81,000 m2) field. Four reindeer fromUnalakleet, Alaska, pulled Santa's sleigh. All the buildings were designed to look like log chalet-type structures, replete with snowy roofs and gingerbread trim. One chalet housed a legendary fresh gingerbread bakery. Theme-appropriate music flowed from speakers hidden in towering redwood trees. In 1977 the Santa's Village Corporation had filed for bankruptcy, and in 1979 the park's gates were finally closed. The site, for years a playing field at the former headquarters ofBorland, now contains houses and townhomes.
Scotts Valley is also nearBig Basin Redwoods State Park,Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, andRoaring Camp Railroads. The town is surrounded bycoast redwood forests. The city ofSanta Cruz lies to the south. A relatively large municipalskateboard park, where pro skateboarder Eric Costello died in October 2005 due to improper helmet use,[10] is near Skypark, the site of a former airport, in central Scotts Valley.
Three hotels operate in Scotts Valley: aBest Western hotel located near the Granite Creek entrance to Highway 17, a Four Points by Sheraton located on Scotts Valley Drive, and aHilton hotel located near the Mount Hermon junction with Highway 17.
Evidence regarding blighted conditions in the Redevelopment Area of Santa's Village and theSkypark Airport was established in the year 1990.[11]
E-mu Systems,Seagate Technology,Sessions, andBorland Software Corporation were all formerly headquartered in Scotts Valley.
Zero Motorcycles manufactures all-electric motorcycles in Scotts Valley.
Netflix's first headquarters were established in Scotts Valley by Reed Hastings, aStanford graduate, in 1997. The headquarters were later moved to nearbyLos Gatos, California.
In May 2016, theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz signed a 20-year lease to occupy the former Borland headquarters establishing its Scotts Valley Center.[12] The center serves as the professional offices for three of its divisions — Information Technology services, Business and Administrative services, and University Relations.[12]
According to Scotts Valley's 2023annual comprehensive financial report,[13] the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Threshold Enterprises | 347 |
| 2 | Central California Alliance for Health | 309 |
| 3 | Bay Photo Lab | 279 |
| 4 | Zero Motorcycles | 227 |
| 5 | Fox Factory | 165 |
| 6 | 1440 Multiversity | 115 |
| 7 | Bell Sports, Inc | 104 |
| 8 | Permanente Medical Group | 95 |
| 9 | The Camp | 91 |
| 10 | Digital Dynamics | 76 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3,621 | — | |
| 1980 | 6,891 | 90.3% | |
| 1990 | 8,615 | 25.0% | |
| 2000 | 11,385 | 32.2% | |
| 2010 | 11,580 | 1.7% | |
| 2020 | 12,224 | 5.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[14] | |||
The2020 United States census reported that Scotts Valley had a population of 12,224. The population density was 2,647.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,022.0/km2). The racial makeup of Scotts Valley was 75.3%White, 0.7%African American, 0.6%Native American, 6.8%Asian, 0.1%Pacific Islander, 4.7% fromother races, and 11.7% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.8% of the population.[15]
The census reported that 98.6% of the population lived in households, 1.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized.[15]
There were 4,690 households, out of which 34.6% included children under the age of 18, 55.4% were married-couple households, 6.0% werecohabiting couple households, 25.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 22.9% of households were one person, and 14.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57.[15] There were 3,287families (70.1% of all households).[16]
The age distribution was 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.0% aged 18 to 24, 21.5% aged 25 to 44, 30.1% aged 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males.[15]
There were 4,934 housing units at an average density of 1,068.4 units per square mile (412.5 units/km2), of which 4,690 (95.1%) were occupied. Of these, 74.1% were owner-occupied, and 25.9% were occupied by renters.[15]
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $140,887, and theper capita income was $79,348. About 0.7% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line.[17]
The2010 United States census[18] reported that Scotts Valley had a population of 11,580. The population density was 2,520.4 inhabitants per square mile (973.1/km2). The racial makeup of Scotts Valley was 9,958 (86.0%)White, 101 (0.9%)African American, 57 (0.5%)Native American, 590 (5.1%)Asian, 18 (0.2%)Pacific Islander, 292 (2.5%) fromother races, and 564 (4.9%) from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 1,158 persons (10.0%).
The Census reported that 11,308 people (97.7% of the population) lived in households, 264 (2.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 8 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
There were 4,426 households, out of which 1,588 (35.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,423 (54.7%) wereopposite-sex married couples living together, 474 (10.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 189 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 206 (4.7%)unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 43 (1.0%)same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,054 households (23.8%) were made up of individuals, and 516 (11.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55. There were 3,086families (69.7% of all households); the average family size was 3.03.
The population was spread out, with 2,863 people (24.7%) under the age of 18, 969 people (8.4%) aged 18 to 24, 2,513 people (21.7%) aged 25 to 44, 3,660 people (31.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,575 people (13.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.
There were 4,610 housing units at an average density of 1,003.4 units per square mile (387.4 units/km2), of which 3,248 (73.4%) were owner-occupied, and 1,178 (26.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.2%. 8,558 people (73.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,750 people (23.7%) lived in rental housing units.
In thestate legislature, Scotts Valley is in the 17thSenate District, represented byDemocratJohn Laird, and in the 28thAssembly District, represented byDemocratGail Pellerin.
Federally, Scotts Valley is inCalifornia's 19th congressional district, represented byDemocrat Jimmy Panetta.[19]
From 1950 to 2011, Scotts Valley was home toBethany University, a four-yearprivate Christianuniversity. The campus was leased toOlivet University for the 2011–2012 school year,[20] but Olivet was unable to complete a purchase and moved back to San Francisco in May 2012.[21] The parent Assemblies of God denomination is seeking another buyer for the campus.
TheScotts Valley Unified School District operates four public schools:[22]Scotts Valley High School (grades 9 to 12), Scotts Valley Middle School (grades 6 to 8), and twoelementary schools: Vine Hill School (grades Kindergarten to 5) and Brook Knoll School. They also operate an Independent Study/Home School program. Together these schools serve more than 2,600 students each year.
Baymonte Christian School serves students from pre-Kindergarten through eighth grades. Baymonte is a non-denominationalProtestant Bible school that was founded in 1968. In 2003, it earned the distinction of being aBlue Ribbon School, a distinction awarded to one school in 25 across the nation.
Monterey Coast Preparatory School, a private school offering a college preparatory curriculum for middle and high schoolers with learning differences, moved from its original location in Santa Cruz to Scotts Valley in 2014.[23]
In the fall of 1965,Eric Nord,[24] proprietor of coffee houses including theHungry I in San Francisco, and theSticky Wicket[25] inAptos, also openedThe Barn (1965–1968), an art gallery and coffee house, with a large area for concerts, on the site of the Frapwell Dairy Barn (1914–1948), in Scotts Valley.[26][27][28]Janis Joplin[29] and theGrateful Dead performed atThe Barn.[citation needed]Tom Wolfe describes theMerry Pranksters andKen Kesey, fromLa Honda, atThe Barn, in the last chapter ofThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At Scott's Valley Drive, just offHighway 17,The Barn as a nightclub closed by 1968, with the Baymonte Christian School taking control of the property.The Barn resurrected as a dinner theater in an RV park in the 70s, and eventually a warehouse for Seagate Technologies. The Barn was torn down in 1991.[30][31][32][33][34][29][35][36][37][38][39][excessive citations]
Unrelated to the priorSanta's Village (Jefferson, New Hampshire) (1953—),Santa's Village (Scotts Valley) (1957–1979) was an amusement park, built afterSanta's Village (Lake Arrowhead) (1955–1998, 2016–present), San Bernardino County.
Scotts Valley is in the west hills of theSanta Cruz Mountains.[40]State Route 17 connects Scotts Valley to Santa Cruz to the south and toLos Gatos,San Jose, and theSouth Bay area to the north.
Scotts Valley is located at the southern end of theWWF-designatedNorthern California coastal forests ecoregion.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, it has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12 km2), all land. It is in centralSanta Cruz County, in the northern portion of the North Central CoastAir Basin.
Air in Scotts Valley is typically maritime in origin, as it moves over the land from the Pacific Ocean. Summers are warm and dry, while winters are mild and generally rainy. Most rain falls as a result of winter Pacific storms between the months of November and April. Sound levels in Scotts Valley are typically in the range of 57 to 65dBA, except for somewhat higher levels within 150 feet (46 m) from Highway 17.
Scotts Valley has mild weather throughout the year, enjoying a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) characterized by cool, wet winters and warm, mostly dry summers. Due to its proximity toMonterey Bay, fog and low overcast are common during the night and morning hours, especially in the summer.
| Climate data for Scotts Valley, California (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 60.6 (15.9) | 62.3 (16.8) | 64.4 (18.0) | 67.5 (19.7) | 70.1 (21.2) | 72.9 (22.7) | 73.4 (23.0) | 74.3 (23.5) | 74.5 (23.6) | 71.5 (21.9) | 64.9 (18.3) | 60.0 (15.6) | 68.0 (20.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 40.8 (4.9) | 42.7 (5.9) | 44.0 (6.7) | 45.5 (7.5) | 48.6 (9.2) | 51.5 (10.8) | 53.7 (12.1) | 53.9 (12.2) | 52.6 (11.4) | 49.0 (9.4) | 44.3 (6.8) | 40.8 (4.9) | 47.3 (8.5) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 6.40 (163) | 6.24 (158) | 4.67 (119) | 1.99 (51) | 0.85 (22) | 0.19 (4.8) | 0.01 (0.25) | 0.04 (1.0) | 0.27 (6.9) | 1.44 (37) | 3.75 (95) | 5.68 (144) | 31.53 (801) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 66.2 |
| Source: NOAA[41] | |||||||||||||
Drinking water is supplied to the City of Scotts Valley by theScotts Valley Water District and theSan Lorenzo Valley Water District. Domestic water supplies are obtained solely fromgroundwater sources extracted by wells.Wastewater in Scotts Valley is treated at the Scotts Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant at Scotts Valley and Mount Hermon Roads. Treated wastewatereffluent is pumped via the city of Santa Cruz into thePacific Ocean.
Bus service from Scotts Valley toSanta Cruz, California; theSan Lorenzo Valley; andSan Jose, California; is provided by theSanta Cruz Metropolitan Transit District.
TheSanta Cruz Sky Park, a small recreational airport, closed in 1983.
Nichinan, JapanCovello & Covello Historical Photo Collection's Photo of: Original Sticky Wicket: This particular art show was held Oct. 6, 1958, at the original Sticky Wicket, a coffee house on Cathcart Street. You can see the stairs going up to the back rooms of the Catalyst. The Wicket later moved to Aptos and is mostly known as the birthplace of what became the Cabrillo Music Festival.
Came to Santa Cruz: 1968. Abraham was a professor at Princeton University in his early 30s when a UCSC recruiter visited him. He had developed an interest in psychedelic culture and mystical experience, but had no interest in relocating to California. 'I accepted the free airline ticket to see friends,' he said. His interview didn't go well, he said. But before leaving, he went to find a friend at the Barn in Scotts Valley, where "I saw the musicians playing inside large metal sculptures, psychedelic paintings on the wall and 300 people stoned on LSD dancing to the music.' Soon after, he changed his thinking: 'I was interested in Santa Cruz the town, not Santa Cruz the university. But it was a job, so I accepted it.'
The configuration of Highway 17 and Scotts Valley has completely changed, and no trace of The Barn remains. The site is now the parking lot of The Baymonte Christian School
Scotts Valley became a city in 1966 at a time when there were concerns about the City of Santa Cruz annexing the Sky Park Airport (site of the currently proposed Town Center) and concerns about a proposed cemetery project. The airport was closed in 1983, two years after Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, crashed his Beechcraft Bonanza at Sky Park, injuring his three passengers. During the 1960s, the Barn at the north end of Scotts Valley was leased to Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, a hipster of the Beat Generation. He opened a coffee shop at the Barn and later a concert hall. Even though the Barn was refused a permit for live music, he held dances, concerts and art shows anyway, complete with lively wall murals and a psychedelic light show. Well known bands, including Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, performed at the Barn. Ken Kesey and his merry band of pranksters attended concerts there and had their colorful bus ticketed by Scotts Valley police for illegal parking.
The Barn, according to information from the Scotts Valley Historical Society, originally operated as the Frapwell Dairy Barn from 1914 to 1948. After that, it was remodeled as a sort of community center/gymnasium/theater. In the mid-60s, Eric Nord, known as Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, a Beat Generation-era nightclub owner who founded the hungry i in San Francisco, and a poet, actor, and hipster as well, who newspaper columnist Herb Caen called the "king of the Beat Generation," converted the barn into The Barn. But it was a Santa Cruz clinical psychologist named Leon Tabory who took over its operation and later bought it who turned it into the happening place it became for a few short years in the late 60s. With these stories and pictures buzzing in my brain, I set off for Scotts Valley. I didn't expect to find The Barn because I learned from news clips and from Jay Topping of the Scotts Valley Historical Society that it was torn down in 1991.
"The Barn was my first experience in Santa Cruz County," said Ralph Abraham, a longtime friend of Tabory and a leading figure in an online project called the Hip Santa Cruz History Project. "Leon was the reason I moved here." Abraham said Tabory used The Barn as a kind of incubator of what was then radical new era values of community and human potential. "Those light shows, he really took seriously," he said. "He used psychedelics as therapy." Coincidentally, the city of Scotts Valley was first incorporated the same year Tabory took control of The Barn — 1966. The Barn wasn"t the first outpost of the counterculture in the area — the Hip Pocket Bookstore and the old Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz had opened earlier, providing a welcoming atmosphere for the politically conscious beat-generation vibe that had flourished in San Francisco in the 1950s. He wasn"t even the first to bring a new cultural scene to The Barn. Fabled beat figure Eric "Big Daddy" Nord opened a coffee shop in The Barn in 1964. But it was Tabory who first brought the full-blown hippie aesthetic to the county, and it was Tabory who found himself in a long, draining battle with the newly established city. The Scotts Valley Planning Commission approved Tabory"s first application to open The Barn as a community center, but warned him with a "no beatniks" rule.
Leon Tabory hears Eric "Big Daddy" Nord was opening the Loft, a cafe at a barn in Scotts Valley. Leon went there, met Cathy, they married.
A multimedia website project cooked up over sushi by Judy, Tandy, and Ralph on 06 February 2002. Mission: to document the history of Hip Santa Cruz, ca 1964-1972 or so.
"The Barn was my first experience in Santa Cruz (County)," said Ralph Abraham, a longtime friend of Tabory and a leading figure in an online project called the Hip Santa Cruz History Project. "(Leon) was the reason I moved here." Abraham said that Tabory used The Barn as a kind of incubator of what was then radical new-era values of community and human potential. "Those light shows, he really took seriously," he said. "He used psychedelics as therapy." Coincidentally, the city of Scotts Valley was first incorporated the same year Tabory took control of the Barn — 1966. The Barn wasn't the first outpost of the counterculture in the area — the Hip Pocket Bookstore and the old Catalyst in downtown Santa Cruz had opened earlier, providing a welcoming atmosphere for the politically conscious beat-generation vibe that had flourished in San Francisco in the 1950s. He wasn't even the first to bring a new cultural scene to the Barn. Fabled beat figure Eric "Big Daddy" Nord opened a coffee shop in the Barn in 1964. But it was Tabory who first brought the full-blown hippie aesthetic to the county, and it was Tabory who found himself in a long, draining battle with the newly established city. The Scotts Valley Planning Commission approved Tabory's first application to open the Barn as a community center, but warned him with a "no beatniks" rule.
No "beatniks" and no "dead-beats" in Scotts Valley. This was the aim of...
Clipping: Eric 'Big Daddy' Nord, The Barn, picture
Clipping:
I've been coming to Santa Cruz since I was a. kid," says founding Doobie Pat Simmons, who also lived on Branciforte Drive for about 20 years. "I used to go shows at the Cocoanut Grove. They used to have rock shows. I saw the Tikis, Paul Revere & Raiders. I used to go a club in Scotts Valley called the Barn. It was a real popular place. Big Brother & the Holding Company played there. The Dead. You name it, they all played there.
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