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

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 ...

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

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 ...

City of Santa Cruz staff provided an overview and update regarding the fate of the Santa Cruz Wharf's collapsed south end at the Tuesday Santa Cruz City Council meeting, stating that the decision to ...

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… ...

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