Faye Lanphier as Miss Alameda first was a contestant in Oakland, and lost.
Visitor Robert Carlsen says the first, a wide turnout with a tree in the middle, is just north of Santa Cruz.
Rating: C "In some of the more remote areas, there were people who would sunbathe without clothing," remembers ex-Manresa ranger Ron Schafer, now San Francisco Bay Area district superintendent for the state Department of Parks and Recreation.
A lovely hotel, with a pool.