SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The surfers were loving it. A set of waves was breaking Sunday just offshore from the main beach in this college town known for its mountain biking, laid-back atmosphere and ...

Santa Cruz’s wharf partially collapsed Monday as a powerful storm battered a central California beach, sweeping three people out to sea. Dramatic footage and images showed a restroom building ...

Last month, the Santa Cruz City Council voted to spend $100,000 to hire Moffat and Nichol, a Long Beach-based engineering firm, to draw up plans for a $1 million partial repair.

A new so-called “soda tax” that was approved by voters in the city of Santa Cruz went into effect on Thursday, the first tax of its kind to be passed in California since a ban was signed by ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Two people were rescued, and a third swam to safety after a portion of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed and was seen floating away Monday. The collapse occurred as the area was ...

A Santa Cruz police officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting just before 6 a.m. Saturday, according to a release from the police department.

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.

SANTA CRUZ — West Cliff Drive is not a typical neighborhood thoroughfare. High above the glittering blue waters of Monterey Bay, where surfers and seals bob in the waves, the small two-lane road ...