The Save the Waves Film Festival features short films about surf breaks and stories from places like California, the Pacific Northwest, Mexico, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Iceland, South Africa and ...

As its name would imply, theatrical shows are the bread and butter of Santa Cruz Shakespeare. As previously reported, the ...

The Santa Cruz River has been ranked as one of America's most endangered waterways, bolstering a campaign seeking federal protection of the river as an Urban National Wildlife Refuge.

Long a cultural melting pot and a hub for artists, the 400-year-old city is riding a new surge in popularity. Here’s the scoop on where to stay, what to eat and drink, the best hikes to plan, and more ...

Have you ever thrown an air on a surfboard? No? Well that's 90 percent of surfers out there. But wave pools are still ...

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.

From classics to surprising thrillers, these are the best beach movies that seaside cinema has to offer. Whether it's warm ...

Surf overtourism has led to conflicts over how beaches are used and concerns over social and environmental harms. But there ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

A heat wave will bring intense inland temperatures to California, while coastal conditions hinge on the strength of the ...

Dr Cyril Bourgenot from our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation is part of a team developing cutting-edge technology to ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.