Santa Cruz Island isn’t easy to get to but the hearty travelers who make it are rewarded with a distinctive landscape off the ...

Channel Islands National Park, (805) 658-5730, which includes Santa Cruz and four other islands, has its principal mainland visitor center at 1901 Spinnaker Drive in Ventura.

Plan your perfect Santa Cruz Island day trip with my complete guide. Get ferry info, hiking trails, and top activities in ...

Twenty miles off the coast of Ventura lies Santa Cruz Island — a remote mecca for adventure. We spent a weekend exploring it. Here’s how you can too. After having a two week and nearly 200 ...

A pair of bald eagles stood, a wobbly, days-old chick between them, in a nest on Santa Cruz Island off Ventura this week. The small, downy raptor hatched on March 14 at Sauces Canyon on the island ...

Santa Cruz Island, Calif. — In winter calm, sheets of sleek oil neared the beach. From hillsides, the island’s little foxes must have watched, maybe frightened by the stench or by the dying birds.

The Santa Cruz Island horses are different by design. The current breed descends from Iberian Peninsula horses that were first introduced to the island in the 1830s when the outpost was briefly ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Several victims of a boat fire that occurred near the Santa Cruz Islands in Southern California have been identified as Northern California residents.

A Santa Cruz Island Fox roams the Scorpion Canyon area of Santa Cruz Island on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Each of the Channel Islands has its own subspecies that are found nowhere else in the world.

Most of Santa Cruz Island is privately owned by The Nature Conservancy. The eastern side, about 24% of the island, is managed by the National Park Service where day hikers and campers can explore. The ...

Most of Santa Cruz Island is privately owned by The Nature Conservancy. The eastern side, about 24% of the island, is managed by the National Park Service where day hikers and campers can explore.