Under the threat of a potential tsunami hitting the Monterey Bay following a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia Tuesday evening, local jurisdictions and agencies closed ...

SANTA CRUZ — After a massive swell broke off about 150 feet of the end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Dec. 23, 2024, city officials announced Friday that crews plan to remove heavy equipment ...

Visitors walk toward the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Originally Published: May 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM PDT ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf, built in 1914, was 2,745 feet long before the winter storm. It was supported by more than 4,400 pilings — 70-foot Douglas fir beams driven about 20 feet into the ocean floor.

A boat anchored off the coast of Capitola Beach was engulfed in flames and sank to the seafloor. At 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, U.S.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The City of Santa Cruz announced plans to remove heavy equipment and woody debris that fell into the ocean after the partial collapse of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in ...

A thick fog bank covered the Monterey Bay off the Santa Cruz County coastline Monday morning. The fog cleared by mid-morning and the National Weather Service forecast calls for patchy morning fog o… ...

The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, a historic wooden structure built in 1914 that juts half a mile into Monterey Bay — the longest public pier on California’s coast — is damaged.