A sailboat passes by the damaged end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on a recent Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf, built in 1914, was 2,745 feet long before the winter storm. It was supported by more than 4,400 pilings — 70-foot Douglas fir beams driven about 20 feet into the ocean floor.

As they have for more than 100 years, thousands of visitors will head out to Santa Cruz’s beaches and famous wharf over Memorial Day Weekend, heralding the beginning of summer.

Spectators look out at a closed Santa Cruz wharf after the pier partially collapsed and fell into the ocean on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Santa Cruz, Calif. (AP Photo/Martha Mendoza) ...

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

An ocean “swell event” struck the wharf about 12:45 p.m., causing a 150-foot section at its end to collapse, said Tony Elliott, director of parks and recreation for Santa Cruz. 6 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz was still reeling the day after a large section at the end of the city’s 110-year-old wharf collapsed into the sea under the pressure of a pounding ocean swell that ...

KSBW 8 reported that Santa Cruz police confirmed that no one was missing after the event, with three people on the wharf when it collapsed. Two of those people required rescue, while the third was ...

A section of the municipal wharf in Santa Cruz collapsed and fell into the ocean around midday on Monday requiring water rescues by emergency responders, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department.

Hundreds of woodie-style classic cars will return to the Santa Cruz Wharf Saturday for the 29th annual Woodies on the Wharf car show, which is the largest gathering of woodies in Northern California.

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz was still reeling the day after a large section at the end of the city’s 110-year-old wharf collapsed into the sea under the pressure of a pounding ocean swell that ...