A city on the North shore of Monterey Bay, a half hour's drive over the infamous Hwy 17 from Silicon Valley. It has a university with a nationaly recognized computer science program. The government is dominated by Greens from&the student population. The old timers gripe about them. But like other college towns like Madison and Ann Arbor, Santa Cruz wouldn't be Santa Cruz without people griping about something. Oh, and Lost Boys was filmed here.