I grew up right in Santa Cruz, right across the bay from Monterey. I would go to Monterey all the time.

I went to UC Santa Cruz, overlooking the Bay of Monterey and Santa Cruz, in 1969. Back then, the city was part-hippie, part-surfer, but mostly retired chicken farmer.

I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time.

I grew up across the marsh from The Citadel.

Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, so I've been in earthquakes before.

I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time. We would go to games in the '80s. It was a good time to fall in love with football when your team was unstoppable.