With rugged beauty and consistent waves, Santa Cruz is a surfer’s paradise. Here’s where and when to get your board in the ocean, and how to respect the marine wildlife.

A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, ...

Santa Cruz Main Beach is also known as Boardwalk Beach since it stretches the length of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In the summer, it's one of the busiest beaches in Santa Cruz thanks to its ...

When you think of incredible beaches around the world, northern California beaches may not be the first place that comes to ...

Planners at Santa Cruz County’s most powerful transportation agency have unveiled a vision for a passenger rail service capable of shuttling commuters from Watsonville to ...

The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions ...

Mounting costs for the rail trail and Highway 1 expansion could require the regional transportation commission to take out ...

Operation Surf, a nonprofit bringing veterans to learn to surf every year started after a former pro-surfer wanted to give ...

A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a river in California’s Santa Cruz County three decades ago was recently identified through DNA testing, investigators said.