Santa Cruz’s John Mel advanced to the Round of the 32 at the World Surf League’s Corona Cero Surf Open Cerritos in Los ...

The harrowing incident off Soberanes Point comes a week after a father and his 7-year-old daughter were killed in rough ...

You won’t want to miss Comedy Night with Richard Stockton …and his hilarious friends on the Santa Cruz Patch calendar ...

Yahir Leon of Coyote Bait in Morgan Hill reported a consistent perch surf bite from Santa Cruz to Watsonville if the water ...

Two people were washed into the ocean Saturday in Big Sur. It comes a week after a father and daughter were killed by ...

A brief history of how visionaries and regular people made this metropolitan area home to a specular variety of stunning ...

Residents dwelling in or around this area can expect the heavy pitter-patter of raindrops on their rooftops on Thursday.

A Journey to the Earth’s Last Wild Coasts is both a visual feast and a moral appeal – a large-format book filled with ...

Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment gets the Wallace Baine treatment, with news, notes and recommendations for things to do all over this weekend and beyond.

While other California beach towns seem to compete for the title of “Most Likely to Drain Your Bank Account,” Capitola has perfected the art of the affordable coastal getaway without sacrificing an ...

Bodega Head, a rocky peninsula that juts into the Pacific, offers trails with sweeping views and prime whale-watching spots during migration seasons. Doran Beach stretches along a protective spit of ...

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