While some businesses in downtown Santa Cruz are closing, others report strong sales and a thriving holiday season.

The wharf reopened to visitors and merchants less than two weeks after a dangerous storm's crashing waves collapsed more than 100 feet of the pier into the ocean.

A part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday afternoon during a high-surf warning ... governor was briefed on the damage and said the California Office of Emergency Services was coordinating ...

A portion of a pier in northern California's Santa Cruz collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, sending three city workers into the sea after high surf slammed the coast. The Wharf ...

The powerful surf also fatally trapped a man ... A barrage of powerful storms ripped through Northern California in January 2023, hitting the Santa Cruz region especially hard.

It’s Saturday afternoon and downtown Santa Cruz is wildly alive.  Crosswalks and sidewalks are teeming with folks carrying ...

A 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer may have broken the world record to become the first person to ride a 100-foot wave.

The iconic flagship O'Neill Surf Shop in downtown Santa Cruz welcomed its last wave of customers Tuesday before closing after ...

CalOES is expected to decide whether to unlock state money for $45 million in repairs to the Santa Cruz wharf and harbor.

A high surf advisory was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. Large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf reopened ... away last month during dangerous high surf from a series of atmospheric river events that battered Northern California, Oregon and Washington.