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.

Santa Cruz officials closed the wharf and issued safety measures due to a high surf warning with waves over 30 feet.

Santa Cruz County finds itself, once again, caught in the middle of an atmospheric river sandwich. Last week’s intense rain and high winds gave way to sunny skies over the weekend, but weather experts ...

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's effect on California's coastal waters, a new study led by UC Santa Cruz ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf will be closed along with several State Parks due to the incoming atmospheric river expected Thursday.

New research findings by Oceana, in collaboration with marine geneticist Dr. Adrian Munguia-Vega and in partnership with prestigious Swiss watchmaker, Blancpain, detected ...

The Channel Islands Surfboards Rincon Classic presented by Merrick Lager is the most anticipated event of each winter for the ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. –Two people were hurt in a house fire in Santa Maria Sunday morning. The Santa Maria Fire Department responded to a house fire at a home on the 1300 block of Ronald Place ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Homeless encampments in Santa Maria’s riverbed were cleared in October, but reports indicate new activity in the area. The riverbed is visible for long stretches in both ...

The tremor hit 129 miles southwest of Georgetown, Cayman Islands, at 6.23 p.m. ET Saturday, the USGS reported. The US National Tsunami Warning Center (NWTC) initially said there was a tsunami ...