The Santa Cruz Wharf, built in 1914, was 2,745 feet long before the winter storm. It was supported by more than 4,400 pilings — 70-foot Douglas fir beams driven about 20 feet into the ocean floor.

T he Santa Cruz Wharf, ... New Zealand, leaned over the railing about 30 feet from the end of the pier, laughing at sea lions that he said were just as "noisy and smelly" as the ones back home.

The City of Santa Cruz reopened the wharf this Saturday, nearly two weeks since the end of the pier collapsed into the ocean. Since 1915, four generations have been making sweets. We spoke to ...

Santa Cruz’s beloved wharf reopened to the public Saturday, after about 150 feet of the pier’s end fell into the ocean last month and prompted the city to temporarily close the popular tourist ...

The Santa Cruz Wharf reopened to visitors and businesses on Saturday, less than two weeks after crashing waves from a powerful storm collapsed more than 100 feet of the pier into the ocean. “Let ...

Santa Cruz was already embarking on a $4 million repair project to install new piles to the end of the wharf after it was damaged during winter storms in 2023 and early 2024.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- The community still in shock as the iconic coastline in Santa Cruz is filled with dangerous debris, just 24 hours since a portion of the Santa Cruz wharf crashed into ...

An ocean “swell event” struck the wharf about 12:45 p.m., causing a 150-foot section at its end to collapse, said Tony Elliott, director of parks and recreation for Santa Cruz. 6 ...

The Wharf, a public pier, is home to several restaurants in Santa Cruz, about 70 miles south of San Francisco. The pier was evacuated and closed to all emergency responders just after 1 p.m.

A building floats in the ocean after a wharf partially collapsed Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Santa Cruz, California. A person dropped into the ocean after the pier collapsed was able to swim to ...

A security guard watches the entrance to the closed Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) The section of pier that collapsed into the waves Monday was ...