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 security guard watches the entrance to the closed Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) The section of pier that collapsed into the waves Monday was ...

“Mother Nature holds the cards,” Santa Cruz Assistant City Manager Michelle Templeton said at a news conference this week. “We do know that these west swells are continuing to grow in ...

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 ...