Fern Grotto Beach at Wilder Ranch State Park, a gorgeous sandy beach with a fern-framed cave, is accessible only on foot.

Wave heights varied from 1 to 3 feet across Central and Northern California and caused little in the way of extensive damage.

In the next few hours, the California coast will experience impacts from the massive quake that hit the western Russian coast ...

Ivy Michele Butcher was born to Webb and Lorene Butcher in Santa Cruz, California and passed away at Redwood Grove Post Acute Care in Santa Cruz, at the age of 54. Michele’s mother, Lorene, p… ...

The tsunami advisory for the Bay Area and Central Coast was canceled on Wednesday, according the National Weather Service.

NWS in Los Angeles has confirmed that the tsunami has officially reached the California coast. First waves arrived around 1:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday.

The advisory includes the San Francisco Bay Area, including Sonoma, Napa, Larkspur, Vallejo, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland ...

One of Santa Cruz County’s longest-running music institutions, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, officially opens Aug. 1 with a season that will include more than 20 composers, nin… ...

Natural Bridges State Beach is ranked #7 out of 9 things to do in Santa Cruz. See pictures and our review of Natural Bridges State Beach.

A long talk about a short pier with Zuma Jay, Columnist Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner has a long history with the Malibu Pier, going back to cutting bait and cleaning fish in the 1970s. He has been ...

Best bets Delta bass bite best bet, Alan Fong reported. Wishon bite very good, Kelly Brewer said. Pine Flat trout action ...

Tucked away on California’s Central Coast, Capitola Village beckons with a siren song of crashing waves and calling seagulls.