The downtown Santa Cruz location of Ripcurl, a surf shop, closed on Monday. An employee attributed theft as the reason they ...

While some businesses in downtown Santa Cruz are closing, others report strong sales and a thriving holiday season.

It’s Saturday afternoon and downtown Santa Cruz is wildly alive.  Crosswalks and sidewalks are teeming with folks carrying ...

Santa Cruz, the former home of wetsuit pioneer Jack O’Neill, is losing one of its oldest surf shops. After 25 years of ...

A 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer may have broken the world record to become the first person to ride a 100-foot wave.

Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett advanced from his opening heat at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Pismo Beach, a Junior ...

CalOES is expected to decide whether to unlock state money for $45 million in repairs to the Santa Cruz wharf and harbor.

No matter what season you plan to visit, you'll find an extraordinary schedule of special San Francisco and Santa Cruz events and things to do including surfing contests, surf film premieres ...

Santa Cruz graphic artist Jim Phillips, the man behind the famed Red Dot and Screaming Hand logos, is the subject of a new documentary from filmmaker John Makens. The new film, showing at the Rio on ...

The iconic flagship O'Neill Surf Shop in downtown Santa Cruz welcomed its last wave of customers Tuesday before closing after ...

The flagship O’Neill Surf Shop in downtown Santa Cruz has shut its doors for the last time, ending a run that has lasted for ...