The Michelin Guide doesn’t just bestow stars on restaurants with exquisite $300 menus. The inspectors eat like real people ...

Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud spent a couple days wandering through Santa Cruz County and chatting with locals ...

Shelter Cove might be the most remote beach town on our entire list. This tiny community sits at the end of a winding mountain road in California’s Lost Coast region. Getting here takes effort, but ...

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USA Surfing says it has secured a multimillion-dollar endowment as part of its push to be recertified as the nascent Olympic sport’s national governing body after losing its status four ...

Toby the surfing cat became a '90s sensation, riding waves and breaking norms. This adventurous kitty captured hearts and proved that cats and water can mix!

A paddle out in honor of Santa Cruz surf legend Bob “Doc” Scott, who died in March at 97 years old, is happening at 10 a.m. Monday at Steamer Lane. (Contributed – Scott family) ...

Crane said that since she first entered surfing, and then big wave surfing, the industry has changed for the better. “I think there is a lot of respect, definitely within the industry.

Nic von Rupp, Clément Roseyro, and the Mountains of the Sea team are working to push big wave surfing into the future.

For Kanoa Igarashi, an Olympic shortboard surfing silver medallist for Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Games who was born and raised in Southern California, the plight of Trestles hits close to home.