Monarch butterflies from the western United States have arrived in Santa Cruz and other parts of the California coast, clumping on branches of Monterey pine, coastal redwoods and eucalyptus, where ...

SANTA CRUZ — A blaze caused by an unauthorized cooking fire within Natural Bridges State Beach on a warm and windy Thursday afternoon was quickly contained by the Santa Cruz Fire Department in ...

Santa Cruz crews contained two vegetation fires caused by unauthorized cooking at Natural Bridges State Beach on Thursday afternoon, fire officials said. The Santa Cruz Fire Department said the ...

SANTA CRUZ — A hand-constructed walkway winds to the Monarch Grove at Natural Bridges State Beach. Monarchs have used this eucalyptus grove for decades, making it California’s only state monarch ...

SANTA CRUZ — Volunteers with the Marine Mammal Center rescued a sea lion that washed up on the beach at Natural Bridges State Beach Sunday afternoon. The Marine Mammal Center is a nonprofit ...