The incident happened around 10:30 a.m. at Wilder Ranch State Park, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department. Witnesses ...

Located just west of central Santa Cruz, Wilder Ranch State Park is a 1800s-era dairy ranch, home to a Victorian homestead and a water-powered machine shop (both of which travelers can tour).

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Seals loll in the midday sun on a beach below the Ohlone Bluff Trail at Wilder Ranch ...

It’s Thursday, and I’m at the midpoint of the 2.5-mile Old Cove Landing Trail in Santa Cruz’s Wilder Ranch State Park, standing directly underneath the mouth of Fern Grotto Beach’s sea cave.