Living just on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the beach means I regularly head there for a day in the sand.

SANTA CRUZ — In past summers, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has brought a mix of recent blockbusters and past favorites for free weekly movie screenings on the beach. This year, while there is one ...

SANTA CRUZ — Do you like scary movies? Throughout the month of October, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will have opportunities for spooky entertainment as it resurrects its annual Fright Flicks movie ...

A massive new ride is slated to come to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.Vertigo 360, a huge pendulum-like ride in which riders will be swung and rotated while sitting in a circular gondola, is expected ...

FEBRUARY, with brisk breezes interspersed with brief moments of springlike sunshine, can be a bewitching month that's almost chameleonic. You're longing for beachy moments, the sand and the sunshine, ...