Summer turns beloved California beach towns into crowd magnets, with parking hunts, packed sand, and lines testing the escape ...

Explore Channel Islands National Park, and hike to the Potato Harbor Overlook on Santa Cruz Island.  Spend the day in the ...

SANTA CRUZ — Hundreds of people with disabilities from across California journeyed to Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz Saturday alongside friends and family to participate in adaptive ocean sports for the ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a 16-year-old boy from the water near the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Monday morning. Humboldt County: 2 drown in Trinity River ...

Surfer and writer Heather Hiett describes the joy of taking new friends to Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz for their first surfing experience.

SANTA CRUZ — Woodies on the Wharf celebrated its 30th year on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Saturday, showing off nearly 150 cars across several decades of the 20th century to excited onlookers ...

New clues have emerged in the mysterious death of a star San Diego volleyball player found dead in the ocean at a popular beach. Summer Nash, 34, was discovered floating in the water near Ocean Beach ...

With 840 miles of coastline, California has more than its share of great beaches, from sandy swaths in San Diego to the craggy shores near the Oregon border. Narrowing down the list wasn't easy, but ...

Weekly Central CA fishing report for 6/23 ...

A Pacifica fisherwoman says she's "lucky to be alive" after being swept into the ocean by a sneaker wave this week during dangerous surf conditions. PACIFICA, Calif. -- A Northern California ...

This is the terrifying moment a California fisherwoman was dragged into the ocean by a powerful sneaker wave. Bae Cadotte, a 47-year-old Pacifica resident, was fishing along the beach south of ...