Members of the local surf community and lovers of Santa Cruz history gathered at the mouth of San Lorenzo River on Main Beach ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who ...

Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley and other city officials spoke about the incident shortly before 2:30 p.m. Keeley noted that the part of the pier that collapsed "was a portion of the municipal wharf ...

Tuesday afternoon First Alert Forecast 12/24/24 Large waves of 25 to 35 feet were expected along the Northern California coast on Tuesday and a high surf warning is in effect until 6 p.m. a day ...

For some in Santa Cruz, Friday's high surf warning was more like a siren song. "I always get excited these days. I want to come out real early," said surfer Ed Thorp.

How has it evolved over time? That story is told in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s new exhibit “Princes of Surf 2025: Heʻe Nalu Santa Cruz,” which opens Friday.

SANTA CRUZ — When room ran out in his car, Bob “Doc” Scott bought a 15-seat bus and told all the young Santa Cruz surfing “groms” he could find to pile in. But they weren’t headed to ...

A portion of the Santa Cruz Wharf in California collapsed Monday after high surf slammed the coast, sending three city workers into the ocean. The pier was closed to the public at the time of the ...