If you had told me in 1998 that the dingy and damp ground-floor apartment of my college roommate’s boyfriend would be part of the first luxury resort in Santa Cruz in 2025, I would have laughed in your face. But today, walking around the freshly completed rebuild of the historic La Bahia property, I’m astounded. Locals have countless stories to tell about La Bahia, across the street from the Boardwalk. In my quarter century here, it has mostly been deserted and empty, or run-down apartmen...
