Wilder Ranch State Park covers approximately 7,000 acres, with 34 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails winding ...

Santa Cruz County deputies got a call from a bystander Feb. 25, saying they saw a man trying to swim back to shore at Wilder Ranch State Park, according to a Facebook post by the sheriff’s office. The ...

The Santa Cruz Port District logged $26.3 million in damages while the city of Santa Cruz suffered $18.1 million.

Residents near the Santa Cruz wharf, about 70 miles south of San Francisco, were warned to avoid low-lying beach areas as the storm intensified. Authorities also evacuated guests from ocean-facing ...

Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic ...

"Abraham Lincoln had friends and relatives in California, including Santa Cruz," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "A ...

When many people think about images of vintage California surfing, they primarily picture ads or album covers from the 1950s ...

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is a mile-long boardwalk ... You can also take a free shuttle from the Government Center on Ocean Street directly to the boardwalk; parking at the center costs ...