Throughout last fall’s Measure Z soda-tax campaign, the steady message from the American Beverage Association — the ...

Ryan P. Cruz is a homegrown journalist, born and raised in Santa Barbara. Since joining the Santa Barbara Independent in 2021, he has covered a broad range of topics, including city government, ...

The Santa Cruz Harbor is still assessing damages that have so far amounted to $20 million after Monday's storm surge. Port District Director Holland MacLaurie said she doesn't have a timeline for when ...

SANTA CRUZ — Although hopeful to reopen the damaged Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in the coming weeks, Santa Cruz city officials do not yet have a timeframe for the 110-year-old structure’s ...

A paddler, at bottom left, strokes through incoming waves toward Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz this week.

From the Fillmore's jazz alley to Richmond's bustling wartime scene, the Bay Area was the ...

A man died at Sunset State Beach, near Santa Cruz, after a colossal wave trapped him under debris Monday, KSBW reported.

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 ...

MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO ... including the restroom facility that's now resting against a cliff near Seabright Beach. "We're following our coastal incident response plan right now currently ...

Evacuation orders issued in Santa Cruz County have been lifted as of Tuesday ... Village residents near 100 Esplanade and Monterey are asked to shelter in place or voluntarily leave.The California ...