Large waves roll past Lighthouse Point on Saturday while people at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, at bottom, celebrate the structure reopening. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) ...

Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself.

Huge waves broke off West Cliff Drive near the Santa Cruz Lighthouse Saturday morning. A couple miles south, hazardous surf conditions and “life-threatening conditions for beachgoers” prompted ...

The damaged Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf is set to reopen Saturday, less than two weeks after powerful waves caused a portion of it to collapse into the ocean.

The City of Santa Cruz is asking the public for help in the removal of debris from the collapse of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.

The Santa Cruz Wharf officially reopened Saturday less than two weeks after a 150-foot section of the pier collapsed into the ocean.

Thursday's storm gave way to large waves along the Santa Cruz coast, triggering a coastal infrastructure closure that shut down everything from beaches to the Santa Cruz Wharf.

The Santa Cruz Wharf reopened on Saturday even as questions persist about the pier's future.

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.

Santa Cruz police need the public's help in identifying two people who were seen seemingly taking a wharf plaque. Police said the images of the two alleged culprits were emailed to them through ...