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

Visitors to Sunny Cove enjoy a repast atop the cliff along Geoffroy Drive in Live Oak this week. Sunny Cove Beach is in a ...

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 ...

It’s Thursday, and I’m at the midpoint of the 2.5-mile Old Cove Landing Trail in Santa Cruz’s Wilder Ranch State Park, standing directly underneath the mouth of Fern Grotto Beach’s sea cave.

Hazardous surf and “life-threatening conditions for beachgoers” prompted water rescues and beach closures Saturday near Capitola and Santa Cruz. By 1 p.m., Capitola police sent out email and ...