Santa Cruz was a base for otter hunters, fishermen, and smugglers. The Channel Islands often provided smugglers and bootleggers with convenient yet isolated hideaways where they could store their goods. One such area is known today as Smugglers Cove.[2]
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Possibly because it is in the news cycle as a tragedy, and therefore something that a president will normally address. Would not read more into it than that.
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Santa Cruz was a base for otter hunters, fishermen, and smugglers. The Channel Islands often provided smugglers and bootleggers with convenient yet isolated hideaways where they could store their goods. One such area is known today as Smugglers Cove.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Island
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Doesn't Jerry Brown live out there ?