It’s Saturday afternoon and downtown Santa Cruz is wildly alive.  Crosswalks and sidewalks are teeming with folks carrying ...

A 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer may have broken the world record to become the first person to ride a 100-foot wave.

The colors of a vibrant sunset this week are reflected in the surf zone along Corcoran Beach in Live Oak, which sits between ...

When professional surfer Nat Young isn’t competing at the World Surf League competitions around the world, it’s not uncommon ...

While some businesses in downtown Santa Cruz are closing, others report strong sales and a thriving holiday season.

The iconic flagship O'Neill Surf Shop in downtown Santa Cruz welcomed its last wave of customers Tuesday before closing after ...

The wharf reopened to visitors and merchants less than two weeks after a dangerous storm's crashing waves collapsed more than ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) A backlit wave at Steamer Lane highlights a surfer riding a glassy face as the Monterey Bay stretches out to the south. Late afternoon winter light combined ...

“We have enjoyed being a part of the Downtown Santa Cruz community for the past 25 years and look forward to seeing our customers at our other O’Neill Surf Shop locations.” “This store’s ...

so we expect to be busier now that they're gone," said Elfin Saffer with the Pacific Wave Surf Shop. "It's always hard to see a long-standing business leave downtown Santa Cruz, but we are feeling ...

The flagship O’Neill Surf Shop in downtown Santa Cruz has shut its doors for the last time, ending a run that has lasted for ...