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The Ventura Pier and Santa Cruz County’s Capitola Wharf were damaged by storms in early 2023 and reopened last year. Ventura’s restoration cost more than $3 million, and Capitola’s about $10 million.

The Ventura Pier and Santa Cruz County’s Capitola Wharf were damaged by storms in early 2023 and reopened last year.

As visitors flock to Santa Cruz for Memorial Day weekend, plans to rebuild the wharf are being made known. Even though a 180-foot section of the pier crashed into the ocean in December, many said ...

The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, a historic wooden structure built in 1914 that juts half a mile into Monterey Bay — the longest public pier on California’s coast — is damaged.

Heavy surf destroyed a portion of Santa Cruz Wharf on Monday afternoon, sending three city works into the water. All three people were rescued shortly after.

A historic and family-owned shop on the wharf is Marini's Candies. RELATED: Santa Cruz Wharf reopens after powerful waves cause partial pier collapse ...

The wharf reopened to visitors and merchants less than two weeks after a dangerous storm's crashing waves collapsed more than 100 feet of the pier into the ocean.

“After a big storm damaged the Santa Cruz wharf, repairs were begun, placing an engine and a pile driver on the wharf to pound new pilings into the ocean floor,” writes columnist Ross E… ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf officially reopened Saturday less than two weeks after a 150-foot section of the pier collapsed into the ocean.