At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz Wharf snapped and floating in the ocean ... a towering wave at the Mavericks ...

The word tsunami generates an emotional response, much like earthquake or shark, especially if you live on the coast and get into the ocean frequently. It’s just one of those terrifying ...

The latest pummeling from the ocean that collapsed part of the Santa Cruz wharf worries city officials and some locals, who wonder how common such dangerously strong and frequent waves may become ...

Dangerous waves brought down part of the Santa Cruz Pier on Monday and prompted multiple water rescues from the Pacific Ocean ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Work to armor West Cliff from previous years’ damage continued Friday morning near David Way as ocean waves battered the coastline as our latest surf ...

The latest pummeling from the ocean worries officials and some locals, who wonder how common such dangerously strong and frequent waves may become in Santa Cruz, worsened by a warming climate that ...

RELATED: 3 fall into ocean after Santa Cruz Wharf collapses due to strong waves ahead of storm "Some folks have asked why September to March. Why were we working in December? We are bound by a ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Cruz Wharf officially reopened Saturday less than two weeks after a 150-foot section of the pier collapsed into the ocean. The wharf is a popular tourist ...

Santa Cruz Wharf's collapse threw three people into the ocean after the National Weather Service warned of waves up to 60 ...

Santa Cruz and state officials are still surveying the damage and clearing debris from along the coast after heavy surf ...

One person died on a Santa Cruz County beach and another was missing in Monterey County Monday after large waves battered the ... Cal Fire said crews responded to Ocean Road in Pebble Beach ...