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.

Visitors stand on the wharf at the Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ...

Hundreds of woodie-style classic cars will return to the Santa Cruz Wharf Saturday for the 29th annual Woodies on the Wharf car show, which is the largest gathering of woodies in Northern California.

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- An atmospheric river moving in might be the last thing they want to see in Santa Cruz. It was just in December that a huge section of the wharf collapsed into the water ...

The goal is to put the job out to bid in July and start construction in October, finishing by early 2026, said Tony Elliot, Santa Cruz’s city parks director, who is overseeing the project.

Visitors walk toward the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Originally Published: May 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM PDT ...