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 of ...

In a meeting held at Santa Cruz City Hall, the California Coastal Conservancy board unanimously voted to set aside as much as $2.5 million toward the Save the Redwoods League’s efforts to ...

a 5,785-acre scenic coastal expanse between Santa Cruz and Davenport that stretches for six miles along Highway 1 and features rolling hills, redwood forests and breathtaking ocean views.

Alumnus William "Monty" Graham, the new director of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center—one of the nation's leading ...

Local conservation groups want to bring added protection and national attention to its rolling hills and coastal redwoods ... who lives in Santa Cruz. A panel of those with experience creating ...

In addition to beautiful beaches and stunning coastal views, Santa Cruz County features a multitude ... colors you encounter if you visit Big Basin Redwoods State Park this summer.

tiny wildflowers and coastal redwoods.“It’s a pretty popular park,” Joe Connors, supervising ranger for California State Parks’ Santa Cruz District, told me. “It has been for quite some ...

Big Basin Redwoods State Park, near Santa Cruz, is recovering after fire scorched ... Visitors can also check out Rancho del Oso, the coastal portion of the park that lies off Highway 1 in ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ... The shaded fuel break work at San Vicente Redwoods is paid for through grants from CAL FIRE, California Coastal Conservancy, and Department of Conservation.

California's iconic coastal redwoods are majestic ... In Felton, California, about seven miles outside of the Santa Cruz, Roaring Camp does just that. Trains have run here since 1875, so guests ...