APTOS — Beach homeowners who claimed a walkway as private patio space suffered a legal blow as a California appellate court ...

Cal Fire said the region experienced 173 lightning strikes within a 24 hour period, five of which were confirmed within the ...

It’s a cold offshore morning at one of Santa Cruz’s most frequented pointbreaks, a roping right with steep walls and clean ...

Santa Cruz is a surfer’s paradise. There are the sizzling city beaches, where students and Silicon Valley types come to soak ...

How much is surfing worth to a community? In this case, it's not a metaphorical or emotional question. It’s financial. A newly released, first-of-its-kind study has a science-based deep dive into that ...

Anyone who takes a look at the ocean these days can see evidence of the vast amount of bait we have in the bay right now, ...

"People come here, they spend their money at restaurants, coffee shops... And one of the biggest draws to people visiting ...

Santa Cruz’s Kaikoura Nauenberg advanced to the Round of 32 at the World Surf League’s Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro, a Women’s ...

It also generates big money for coastal communities.For Central California’s Santa Cruz, surfing the region’s waves can add ...

The swell at Mavericks a half mile off the coast of Half Moon Bay hit two days before Christmas, on the same day and with the ...

A tech executive’s convicted killer is asking a judge to throw out his murder conviction based on a letter that he claims ...

It also generates big money for coastal communities. For Central California’s Santa Cruz, surfing the region’s waves can add up to nearly $200 million in economic impact each year, according to a new ...