For a truly supersized wilderness experience, few places on Earth can compete with the United States of America. The US is a ...

Santa Cruz's John Mel won in his opening heat Friday at the World Surf League's Vans Jack's Surfboards Pro, a Qualifying Series 4,000-point event in Huntington Beach.

Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett advanced to Finals Day at the Word Surf League’s Live Like Zander Junior Pro In Loving Memory Zander Venezia at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba, Barbados, on Saturday.

SANTA CRUZ — A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, the boat’s operator was rescued, and the vessel, which ...

(KRON) — Lifeguards recently received medals of valor for their heroic actions at a beach in Half Moon Bay and another shoreline in Santa Cruz known as “Death Rocks.” The California Surf ...

Double homicide in Santa Cruz Mountains A double homicide investigation is underway in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills after two bodies were found inside a pickup truck. Loved ones are ...

Human remains discovered 30 years ago in Santa Cruz County have been identified as belonging to a missing New York teenager using advanced DNA technology. Laura O’Malley was reported missing in ...

March 27, 2025 -- Santa Monica rents rose for the third straight month in March and have now increased by 3.2 percent over the past 12 months, according to Apartment List's monthly report released ...

Human remains found in Santa Cruz County in 1995 have been identified as Laura Ann O'Malley, a teenager who went missing in New York in 1975. Advanced DNA technology and forensic genetic genealogy ...

New state rules force home insurers to write a greater share of their policies in fire prone areas like Santa Cruz County. (TR Dreszer) Read Santa Cruz Local’s resource page: How to find home ...

The discovery of two bodies in the back of an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this week is being investigated as a double homicide, the California Highway Patrol said ...