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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said there was an “enormous amount of debris in the water” as a result of the collapse. The incident occurred about 12:45 p.m., officials said.

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.

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 County authorities have identified the body that washed up on Its Beach last week and confirmed it is the same individual that went missing after cliff jumping in the area a few days prior.

Previous Story . Several roads, beaches and areas in Santa Cruz County are closed due to flooding or flood warnings due to the high surf. A high surf warning is in place until Tuesday at noon.

A Texas-based development firm recently submitted a pre-application for an eight-story mixed-use building at 201 Front St. in Santa Cruz — currently the site of Ace Hardware and in the city's ...

As visitors flock to Santa Cruz for Memorial Day weekend, plans to rebuild the wharf are being made known. Even though a 180-foot section of the pier crashed into the ocean in December, many said ...

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 ...