Updates to the layouts of the California Coastal Commisson’s Local Coastal Program’s permit and appeal jurisdiction maps will be considered for approval at the governing body’s me… ...

Shortly after that, ranchers moved in. Santa Rosa Island was filled with cattle, sheep and horses by 1844, and by 1870, Santa Cruz Island was filled with 50,000 sheep.

The tree is so picky about conditions that even on Santa Rosa Island, it is only found on two specific bluffs along the island’s northeast corner. In the 1880s, when the island was used for ...

A Santa Cruz Island Fox passes a raven on Santa Cruz Island off the California coast on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Each of the Channel Islands has its own subspecies of the fox that are found nowhere ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County Supervisor Justin Cummings has been named chair of the California Coastal Commission, one of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the state.

To get to Channel Islands National Park from Santa Barbara, you must make a ferry reservation with Island Packers Cruises, the National Park Service’s official ferry provider.

The bright blue Island scrub jay is only found on Santa Cruz Island. Compared to its mainland cousin, the California scrub jay, it is a darker blue, larger and has a unique call.