Santa Cruz chocolate businesses face challenges due to a global cocoa deficit, leading to increased prices and supply issues.

A portion of a pier in northern California's Santa Cruz collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, sending three city workers into the sea after high surf slammed the coast. The Wharf ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. A portion of California's popular Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the ocean during a deadly pre-holiday storm that has claimed the life of at ...

Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz is filled on Tuesday as Rev. Manuel Recera conducts Children’s Christmas Mass. The parish holds services throughout the year in English and Spanish.

Part of the Santa Cruz, Calif., wharf collapsed Monday, sending three construction workers into the ocean. All victims were rescued — two by a lifeguard unit and a third managed to swim to ...

A fireplace clad in a thousand abalone shells sits in a low-ceilinged red brick building in Santa Cruz. Above the mantle is an empty triangle, where an occult relief depicting the sun and moon ...

A tornado touched down in the Northern California town of Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon, flipping cars and knocking down power lines, according to authorities. Several people ...

SANTA CRUZ — There are plenty of events to get people into the Christmas mood but only one that will transport audiences to rural Ireland in the mid 20th century, complete with songs ...

Although sugar or spice cookies were the original treat for Old St. Nick, Santa's favorite cookie is and always will be a plain chocolate chip cookie with milk, Smith said. "It was more of a treat ...