That’s the sensation awaiting visitors at Fort Ord Dunes State Park – a sprawling 980-acre coastal wonderland that somehow remains one of California’s best-kept secrets while its celebrity neighbors ...

Komodo National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the legendary home of the Komodo dragon, the world’s largest living ...

Unrelenting rain is expected to persist in the Bay Area as two back-to-back storm systems close in on the region this week, ...

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden showcases California native plants in a 78-acre living museum, with trails winding through redwood groves, meadows of wildflowers, and desert-like sections displaying ...

Writer, podcaster and big-wave surfer Kyle Thiermann has written his first book, which serves as both a memoir of growing up in the surf community in Santa Cruz and a practical guide in getting to ...

Construction is set to begin this month on interim repairs at the southern end of the Santa Cruz Wharf, city officials ...

A swirl of sunshine, salt air, and Spanish soul—that’s Santa Cruz for you. A place where Europe seems to have accidentally ...

A report from the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA was issued on Saturday at 5:23 p.m. for gusty showers until 6 p.m. for Santa Cruz ...

The repair project has been in the works since December 2024, when a massive swell swept about 180 feet of the already ...

An atmospheric river drenching much of California since Wednesday night had dropped several inches of rain and brought gusty ...

Rain is going to be the primary concern,” a National Weather Service meteorologist told the Sentinel. “This looks to be our ...