SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Several victims of a boat fire that occurred near the Santa Cruz Islands in Southern California have been identified as Northern California residents. From Santa Cruz to Fremont, ...

The swell was pushing in from one side then bouncing off the cliff walls and ricocheting back, making our kayak bounce around like we were in a washing machine. Our group of four kayaks was more than ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Tight embraces, tears and flowers went through the doors of Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz Tuesday morning. "I expect today is going to be a difficult day," Maria ...

A pair of bald eagles stood, a wobbly, days-old chick between them, in a nest on Santa Cruz Island off Ventura this week. The small, downy raptor hatched on March 14 at Sauces Canyon on the island ...

OXNARD, Calif. -- Officials said Tuesday 34 people are presumed dead after a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the coast of Santa Barbara and they have called off search ...

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