Come Sunday, children will be scouring their yards with baskets in hand in the hopes of uncovering plastic eggs containing ...

Take a drive from Santa Cruz to San Francisco and see all the best beaches and state parks along the famous Highway 1.

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

(KRON) — Lifeguards recently received medals of valor for their heroic actions at a beach in Half Moon Bay and another shoreline in Santa Cruz known as “Death Rocks.” The California Surf ...

Whether you are looking for a hidden gem with untouched sands or an action-packed watersports haven, Tenerife has a beach for every holidaymaker ...

Santa Cruz Main Beach is also known as Boardwalk Beach since it stretches the length of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In the summer, it's one of the busiest beaches in Santa Cruz thanks to its ...

Lynne Hicks sent this photo of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at sunset. Can you see the roller coaster? What a lovely photo, ...

Also known as by-the-wind sailors, the free-floating Velella velella are coating California beaches once again ... at University of California, Santa Cruz, to KQED’s Danielle Venton and Sarah ...

The surf break is well known among surfers, serving the past four years as the location where surfing world champions were ...

The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in the Marin ... and researchers at the California Academy of Sciences ...

The best time to visit Santa Cruz is from September through November when the summer tourists have returned home, leaving a bit more room on the beaches, walking paths and other attractions.