Crews from Cal Fire, Santa Cruz County Fire Department, and California State Parks worked together to rescue the kite surfer, using a rescue helicopter to extract him off the beach. He was not ...

SANTA CRUZ — One person was still missing Monday after disappearing beneath the turbulent coastal waters off West Cliff Drive ...

A local surfer was arrested near one of the region’s most popular surf breaks after allegedly assaulting a fellow wave rider ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Fire Department rescued an unconscious disabled man from a fire at the Aqua Breeze Inn on Sunday ...

The missing person in Sunday's water rescue was identified as a UC Santa Cruz student. UCSC confirmed the person missing is an undergrad student, releasing a statement that says in part: "Our deepest ...

A witness reported that two swimmers struggled to swim back to shore after jumping into the water at the popular surf spot ... s search-and-rescue efforts at Its Beach in Santa Cruz.

A UC Santa Cruz undergraduate student drowned after jumping off a cliff along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, despite rescue ...

Other witnesses said the swimmers were actually surfers ... other possibly submerged,” the Santa Cruz City Fire Department wrote. A massive search-and-rescue effort was launched in the waters ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says one of their helicopters is assisting the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office in the search in the ocean off West Cliff Drive. State lifeguards and local firefighters are also ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click ...