Rebuilding all of the destroyed section — an area the size of three NBA basketball courts perched over the open ocean — will ...

Overwhelmingly, we heard: keep fishing on the wharf,” remarked Capitola Community Development Director Katie Herlihy. “Second ...

A recently published Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report found that human trafficking in the county goes largely ...

Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud spent a couple days wandering through Santa Cruz County and chatting with locals about their favorite places to enjoy the outdoors on land — by hiking, biking ...

The Radio Television Digital News Association and Public Media Journalists Association have selected stories from KAZU’s ...

Santa Cruz’s first Race the Wave run, on Saturday, Sept. 13, aims to help the community envision and plan what to do in the event of a tsunami.

A man was arrested Wednesday for breaking into a Santa Cruz woman’s home and attempting to sexually assault her while she ...

Guided trips are ideal for diving into not just the region's contemporary charms, but its foundation and evolution.

Woodies on the Wharf, a car show of wood-paneled station wagons, will take place tomorrow. The vehicles are most well-known for connotations with surf culture.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Santa Cruz Wharf, jutting half a mile into the Monterey Bay, offers a cheerful stroll past souvenir shops, fishing boat rentals advertised as “Husband Daycare,” and ...

As visitors flock to Santa Cruz for Memorial Day weekend, plans to rebuild the wharf are being made known.

The wharf reopened to visitors and merchants less than two weeks after a dangerous storm's crashing waves collapsed more than 100 feet of the pier into the ocean.