Why are the Realtors so scared that the Workforce Housing Solutions Act will pass? Probably because Santa Cruz residents will get a lot of bang for their buck: most will pay little to ...

Operation Surf, a nonprofit bringing veterans to learn to surf every year started after a former pro-surfer wanted to give ...

The UC Santa Cruz women’s golf team, led by freshman Samantha Shaw, took seventh place out of 12 teams at the UC Santa Cruz Invite at Pacific Grove Golf Links on Saturday.

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.

Lifeguards will receive medals of valor for their heroic actions at a beach in Half Moon Bay and another shoreline in Santa Cruz known as “Death ...

Richard Smith, a Santa Cruz native and owner of the city’s original surf school, has been entwined with the culture ... “In Santa Cruz you have to go for the low tides,” says Smith. At high tide, many ...

The biggest I’ve ever seen it,” says Albee Layer; December’s historic run of swell at Peahi, captured by Tucker Wooding.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON ... The lifeguards began swimming the exhausted victim back through high surf, in complete darkness and perilous near-shore conditions. They finally made it out ...