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 ...

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 ...

On April 29, 2008, my first Ocean Backyard column appeared in the Sunday Sentinel. This one is No. 442, and I need to admit that when I started writing, 17 years ago, I thought that I might have ...

The best time to visit Santa Cruz is from September through November ... butterflies who overwinter at Natural Bridges State Beach. The months between April and May are characterized by mounting ...

There are a number of scenarios where California could get hours of lead time ahead of a damaging tsunami. But should a quake strike close to shore, there could be little to no warning. Tsunami ...

A Super Bowl champion will bring football to the sands of Hermosa Beach. Tully Banta-Cain spent six seasons playing for the ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member ... continued good action for perch from the beaches from Santa Cruz through Monterey Bay as the swell has backed off.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department ... month as San Ramon resident and University of California, Santa Cruz student Zainab Mansoor. Mansoor was reportedly found unconscious at Seabright State ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) The man whose boat capsized is cared for on Twin Lakes State Beach on Thursday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) A man injured when his boat capsized ...