SANTA CRUZ — Members of the local surf community and lovers of Santa Cruz history gathered at the mouth of San Lorenzo River on Main Beach to paddle out together on a foggy Saturday morning in honor ...

A sea otter feeds close to a surfer at Steamer Lane along the Santa Cruz coastline in July 2023. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) It's been two years since a Santa Cruz sea otter, known as 841, ...

AND A CEREMONIAL PADDLE OUT. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER... JOYCE KIM... HAS THE DETAILS. # "1885 THREE PRINCES CAME HERE TO SANTA CRUZ, AND IT'S THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ...

Santa Cruz's John Mel advanced from his opening heat at World Surf League's SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach by a narrow margin on ...

The clouds parted, and the sun peeked out. Perfect timing for a celebration of life, honoring Bob “Doc” Scott, a legendary Santa Cruz surfer and inventor, who was memorialized on Monday with a ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz had two big-wave surfers win titles at the 25th annual Big Wave Challenge Awards celebration at Lido Theater in Newport Beach on Saturday. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir was named the ...

Santa Cruz surf breaks are free to enjoy but worth millions. That’s one of the key findings in the first report to put a dollar value on this world-renowned surf playground. The report identified ...

It's been two years since a Santa Cruz sea otter, known as 841, garnered international attention and celebrity by attacking surfers and their surfboards as the human wave-riders alley-ooped over the ...