Rancho Refugio is surrounded by a state park, a national monument and a marine sanctuary. Named for a nineteenth-century ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf, built in 1914, was 2,745 feet long before the winter storm. It was supported by more than 4,400 pilings — 70-foot Douglas fir beams driven about 20 feet into the ocean floor.

Santa Cruz County has finalized plans to rebuild a sobering center – absent since the pandemic’s launch in spring 2020 – on property in front of the Santa Cruz Main Jail.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The collapse of a section of the Santa Cruz Wharf has led to significant debris in the water, prompting officials to close nearby beaches and issue safety warnings.

Teddie Braud, a resident of Sausalito who was in Santa Cruz to surf, was at Las Palmas Taco Bar eating a taco around 1 p.m. when he heard large police and first responder presence approaching the ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf will temporarily close beginning at 8 p.m. tonight, March 26, 2025. City of Santa Cruz officials say it’s for conducting urgent repairs to a water main beneath the Wharf ...

Although West Cliff Drive has been the focus of considerable attention since the winter storm damage of last January, historically it has been the Santa Cruz Main Beach that was the attraction ...