"The Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor was once a wetland, known after statehood as Woods Lagoon," writes columnist Ross Eric ...

SANTA CRUZ — Evergreen Cemetery, located on a hillside overlooking Harvey West Park, is many things. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in California and the final resting place for more than 2,000 ...

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 ...

Yrachis, a Chipuctac man who was famously misidentified as Justiniano Roxas, an Indigenous man who lived at Mission Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz’s official government website now offers a brisk virtual tour ...

"Between Santa Cruz Point (Lighthouse Point) and Black Point, is a coved inlet once dubbed Santa Cruz Harbor in the 1850s," ...

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 ...

Main Beach, Cowell Beach and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk are where you will find most of the things to do in Santa Cruz.