Living just on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the beach means I regularly head there for a day in the sand. The best of all worlds is when I can play tourist for a night or two and ...

A pair of bald eagles stood, a wobbly, days-old chick between them, in a nest on Santa Cruz Island off Ventura this week ... with the Institute for Wildlife Studies. Some of those spots are in the ...

And skirting Santa Cruz's southern shoreline along Academy Bay is Puerto Ayora. The island's primary town provides a nice spot for visitors to unwind at the end of the day thanks to its lively ...