Ca. 7000 BC – Native Americans lived in Santa Cruz County Ca. 1000 BC – The Ohlones occupied the Monterey Bay area. 400 AD – Chinese Sailors are rumored to have discovered Monterey Bay 1542 – Cabrillo sailed by our coast. 1578-79 – Sir Francis Drake sailed by our coast. 1602 – Sebastian Vizcaino discovers Monterey Bay as a […]