A man has gone missing after jumping from a cliff into the Pacific Ocean, California authorities said. Santa Cruz County deputies got a call from a bystander Feb. 25, saying they saw a man trying to ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily ... biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored ...