A small plane flies low over the Monterey Bay near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz this week as birds roost on a lamppost. The redbrick Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse was built in 1967 using the ...

Waves crash at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz ahead of an expected storm. The second day of an atmospheric river brought heavy rain to Northern California, with the heaviest downfalls north of San ...

The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History was the first museum in the coastal town, dating to 1904 with the founding collection of Santa Cruz lighthouse keeper and naturalist, Laura Hecox. Born in ...

Huge waves broke off West Cliff Drive near the Santa Cruz Lighthouse Saturday morning. A couple miles south, hazardous surf conditions and “life-threatening conditions for beachgoers” prompted ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A wild sea otter that became famous over the summer for hopping on surfers’ longboards is now a proud new mother. Local photographer Mark Woodward captured ...

Gang graffiti and $5,000 in vandalism was found at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa Cruz. Updated: 6:28 PM PDT Mar 14, 2013 Gangsters hit Santa Cruz Lighthouse Field State Beach ...