Santa Cruz’s John Mel, 26, advanced to the quarterfinals at the World Surf League’s Corona Cero Surf Open Cerritos in Los ...

The surfer, identified as 19-year-old Nathaniel John Ramirez, was pronounced dead Nov. 7, two days after he was rescued from ...

At UC Santa Cruz, the Humanities EXCEL Program is helping Humanities undergraduates discover new pathways to professional ...

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing ...

Former Santa Cruz mayor Chris Krohn argues that New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent progressive victory offers a blueprint for a new generation of political change in Santa Cruz. He says ...

These 8 low-key seafood shacks serve up bowls of creamy, delicious chowder that will make you want to lick the bowl clean! This white building with the big fish sign has been a Santa Cruz Wharf ...

The ocean takes center stage during the king tides, predicted to arrive on the California coast this Wednesday through Friday, and then again Dec. 4-6 and Jan. 1-3. Waters climb to their highest point ...

Soquel High’s boys water polo team outscored visiting Santa Cruz 4-0 in the fourth quarter to rally for an 11-8 win in the SCCAL Tournament championship match on Saturday. “Third quarter, we created ...

Parents help their children move into UC Santa Cruz student apartments on a warm Monday afternoon. With classes starting Thursday, many new students have a few days to acclimate to campus life. Credit ...

Researchers Peter Weiss-Penzias and Eyal Rahav at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been awarded a five-year, $737,000 grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to characterize the ...

Samoan chief, Aumao Akeripa Toalepaîalii', sits next to indigenous climate journalist Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson during a student workshop on community-informed climate journalism. In today's newscast ...

How much is surfing worth to a community? In this case, it's not a metaphorical or emotional question. It’s financial. A newly released, first-of-its-kind study has a science-based deep dive into that ...