The sport generates nearly $200 million a year for the area economy, according to a report that urges planners to protect ...

Although the surf was poor, the rain was welcome–as was my stay at the Dream Inn, perfectly located on West Cliff Drive to ...

When thinking of Santa Cruz, you likely imagine surfers or the boardwalk. If you go a little farther, you'll find a ...

Santa Cruz initiated a coastal infrastructure closure due to dangerously high surf and severe storm impacts. Officials said the city is still reeling from damage caused by previous storms. In December ...

The Northern California surf haven could lose its iconic waves as projects designed to protect coastal infrastructure alter ...

In the summer of 1885, three teenage Hawaiian princes visiting Santa Cruz dragged hand-hewn, 17-foot redwood boards — each weighing more than 200 pounds — across the sand at Main Beach. Riding waves ...

In 1952, Jack O'Neill opened the first-ever "surf shop" in Santa Cruz, a novel idea that soon spread throughout California ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Though the weather should dry up on Christmas, Tuesday's forecast, which includes high surf and flooding, has many Santa Cruz County residents on high alert a day after a major ...

AND A CEREMONIAL PADDLE OUT. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER... JOYCE KIM... HAS THE DETAILS. # "1885 THREE PRINCES CAME HERE TO SANTA CRUZ, AND IT'S THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ...

SANTA CRUZ — When room ran out in his car, Bob “Doc” Scott bought a 15-seat bus and told all the young Santa Cruz surfing “groms” he could find to pile in. But they weren’t headed to campus. The local ...

NO CAUSE OF DEATH WAS PROVIDED. HE WAS 59 YEARS OLD.## A SANTA CRUZ LOCAL IS HEADING TO SHARK TANK TOMORROW... WITH A NEW PRODUCT FOR SURFERS... THE PITCH IS A SURF HELMET THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUCKET HAT ...