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

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.

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz was still reeling the day after a large section at the end of the city’s 110-year-old wharf collapsed into the sea under the pressure of a pounding ocean swell that ...

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.

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 ...

The collapse occurred at 12:45 p.m. PT on Monday "as the result of very strong waves crashing into it," Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Santa Cruz police are investigating after a body was found on a beach on Friday afternoon. Santa Cruz officials said they were notified about the body on West Cliff Drive near ...

Ranking of the top 9 things to do in Santa Cruz. Travelers favorites include #1 West Cliff Drive, #2 Santa Cruz Main Beach and more.

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 ...

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 ...