A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, ...

Lifeguards recently received medals of valor for their heroic actions at a beach in Half Moon Bay and another shoreline in ...

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 ...

With rugged beauty and consistent waves, Santa Cruz is a surfer’s paradise. Here’s where and when to get your board in the ocean, and how to respect the marine wildlife.

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

Santa Cruz County added 700 jobs in February, the first full month of the new Trump administration. But the region’s tourism ...

The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions ...

A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a river in California’s Santa Cruz County three decades ago was recently identified through DNA testing, investigators said.

Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett advanced to Finals Day at the Word Surf League’s Live Like Zander Junior Pro In Loving Memory ...