Businesses in Capitola are worried about what could happen amid a high surf warning because of previous experiences. Scott ...

When thinking of Santa Cruz, you likely imagine surfers or the boardwalk. If you go a little farther, you'll find a ...

Scott's Creek is a right reef that breaks anywhere from two feet to 20, mostly in the winter. It can get big and burly, and ...

A recent low tide allows a visitor to Pleasure Point an opportunity to stroll along the shoreline near 36th Avenue. According to multiple sources, Pleasure Point, located along the Monterey Bay ...

Ever ‘wanna getaway' like a Southwest commercial? We all have at one point, but time isn't always on our side to make use of ...

This week I had visitors in town from back east. One was an 11-year-old boy who wanted to take surfing lessons every day; the other had lived in Santa Cruz 35 or 40 years ago and was ...

Though no California piers are entirely immune to fisherman-bird conflict, Santa Cruz County is a hotspot for fishing ...

Forget about BOGO burritos and doughnut giveaways, Jan. 16 marks a different type of annual celebration – it’s National Do ...

Surfing Santas is an annual beach party where attendees surf while dressed up as Santa Claus. Surfing Santas started when George Trosset and his family hit the waves in 2009 and happened to be ...

Some of the best surfing is possible during those icy, windy months before the lakes freeze over. Those willing to face the frost actually help boost beachside communities. When the temps drop and the ...

MTA boss Janno Lieber celebrated the transit agency’s efforts to curb subway surfing Wednesday — but the annual death toll shows the deadly stunt is as big a problem as ever. Five people have died ...

The National Weather Service office in San Francisco issued a Tornado Warning Thursday afternoon for central Santa Cruz County, citing radar-indicated rotation within a severe thunderstorm. The ...