Santa Cruz is trying to make a better first impression on visitors, right as they enter the city coming off Highway 17 and onto Ocean Street. Local artists are designing and creating the ocean street ...

Rebuilding all of the destroyed section — an area the size of three NBA basketball courts perched over the open ocean — will ...

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

A recently published Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report found that human trafficking in the county goes largely ...

Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud spent a couple days wandering through Santa Cruz County and chatting with locals ...

The Radio Television Digital News Association and Public Media Journalists Association have selected stories from KAZU’s ...

A man was arrested Wednesday for breaking into a Santa Cruz woman’s home and attempting to sexually assault her while she ...

The City of Santa Cruz is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Parks and Recreation Month by holding a variety of events and ...

Guided trips are ideal for diving into not just the region's contemporary charms, but its foundation and evolution.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Santa Cruz Wharf, jutting half a mile into the Monterey Bay, offers a cheerful stroll past souvenir shops, fishing boat rentals advertised as “Husband Daycare,” and ...

The wharf reopened to visitors and merchants less than two weeks after a dangerous storm's crashing waves collapsed more than 100 feet of the pier into the ocean.

More than a hundred community members gathered around the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf stage on a sunny and brisk Saturday morning to witness the reopening ceremony of the 110-year-old structure, whi… ...