Surfers, scientists and city officials agree Santa Cruz beaches have lost a lot of sand. Some worry it could change surf ...

Walking along Santa Cruz’s East or West Cliff Drive, beyond the ocean spray and steep cliff walls, you'll most likely find dozens of wetsuit-clad surfers straddling their boards waiting for the next ...

A boat barreled into the breaking surf off West Cliff Drive late Saturday morning, sending a family of six, including four children, into the water. Within moments, several surfers frantically paddled ...

Coming up on the Santa Cruz Patch calendar: Empty Nest and All the Rest: A one-man comedy show by Clay Hausmann ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of all the things we can plan and prepare for, Mother Nature is beyond our control, and that’s part of what makes the good days so ...

A group of surfers is working to create a female surfer statue on East Cliff Drive. Standing on top of a rectangular pedestal, the female statue will parallel the male surfer statue on West Cliff ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...

SANTA CRUZ — A local surfer was arrested near one of the region’s most popular surf breaks after allegedly assaulting a fellow wave rider late last month using a small keychain weapon. According to ...