Frederick Hihn constructed a pier at Capitola in 1857 to ship lumber and produce. While initially referred to as Soquel Landing and only 450 feet long, it was extended in 1860 to 1,200 feet to ...

Among those shuttered is the pier in Capitola built in 1857 that predates the northern California town and is a popular spot to watch passing whales and dolphins.

In the face of sea level rise, can we reimagine California’s vanishing coastline? A series of storms in January flooded Capitola and battered its aging pier.

Seacliff State Beach near Santa Cruz, California, felt the wrath of Mother Nature last week. These photos show the full extent of the damage. The scene in Capitola, California, looks grim this ...

The storm-related destruction at Seacliff State Beach south of Capitola goes well beyond damage to the cherished wooden pier, as new images from California State Parks show.

In the distance, the S.S. Palo Alto, a World War I-era concrete tanker ship beloved by local residents, who know it as the Cement Ship, had been badly damaged by the storm, and part of the pier ...

Bay Area storms: Capitola begins to dig out amid “absolutely devastating” damage Oceanfront restaurants red-tagged, wharf indefinitely closed in beloved Santa Cruz County locale as another ...

Santa Cruz residents shared videos of the region's beloved Capitola Wharf pier being completely leveled and split in half by the 25 feet high crashing waves.

California beach town residents woke up Thursday morning to collapsed ocean piers, massive 35-foot waves, tide surges, and widespread flooding.

CAPITOLA, Calif. (KRON) — California beach town residents woke up Thursday morning to collapsed ocean piers, massive 35-foot waves, tide surges, and widespread flooding.