Santa Cruz Island isn’t easy to get to but the hearty travelers who make it are rewarded with a distinctive landscape off the ...

When immigrant fishermen, mostly from Riva Trigoso, Italy, arrived in Capitola in the mid-1870s, F.A. Hihn leased them property at the foot of his wharf. Soon a collection of wooden shacks sprang up.

There are so many things to do in Santa Cruz; it just might be our favorite city in the state! With miles and miles of beautiful beaches, a buzzing downtown, plenty of tourist hotspots, and plenty ...

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.