A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

A community paddle out will honor “Blue Mind” author Dr. Wallace J. Nichols on July 23—World Blue Mind Day—at Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz. Tributes will include over 1,000 surfers, the O’Neill Sea ...

A couple of days before Christmas last year, battered by heavy waves, the end of the half-mile-long Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf unexpectedly tumbled into Monterey Bay. A tourist magnet claiming to be ...

Cheers erupted as crews lifted the sunken crane from the ocean near the Santa Cruz Wharf Saturday, marking recovery from December's devastating pier collapse. A long-submerged construction crane ...

The work will remove heavy equipment and wood debris left on the seafloor next to the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf following the disaster.

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 December 2024.

Aftermath of the partial Santa Cruz Wharf collapse could still be seen Memorial Day weekend, as the city looks to begin rebuilding in the fall.

As they have for more than 100 years, thousands of visitors came to Santa Cruz’s beaches and famous wharf over Memorial Day Weekend, heralding the beginning of summer. The sea lions, the clam ...

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.

Heavy winter storms last December caused a 180-foot section at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to collapse into the ocean and sending some buildings adrift.