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 ...

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.

Although strong waves from that direction are less common, he said they can develop at this time of year, which more directly hit Santa Cruz. When strong waves come from the south — as occurred ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Days after the partial collapse of the Santa Cruz Wharf, the lifeguards behind the rescues of construction workers are speaking about the moments they sprang into action.

SANTA CRUZ — Three workers inspecting the Santa Cruz Wharf fell into the choppy ocean waves and had to be rescued after part of the structure collapsed Monday, said city officials who fear the ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Cruz Wharf officially reopened Saturday less than two weeks after a 150-foot section of the pier collapsed into the ocean. The wharf is a popular tourist ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Operation Surf, a nonprofit bringing veterans to learn to surf every year started after a former pro-surfer wanted to give back to his community.

Photography See the Santa Cruz Wharf collapse amid heavy waves. Storms slammed California’s central coast on Monday, causing high surf that tossed three people into the water and partially ...

Santa Cruz resident Claudio Morales knows all too well about the waves of life and needs to surf his way through them — figuratively and literally. There's a saying in surfing, “You can't stop ...

The collapse occurred at 12:45 p.m. PT on Monday "as the result of very strong waves crashing into it," Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said during a press briefing.

Although strong waves from that direction are less common, he said they can develop at this time of year, which more directly hit Santa Cruz. When strong waves come from the south — as occurred ...