From Chamonix, France, to Highlands, North Carolina, these towns deliver serious outdoor fun, adventure thrills, and an indie spirit.

She surfs, she lifts, she teaches quantum computing. Multi-talented Alexandra Kolla is on a mission to become the first ...

Santa Cruz locals are enjoying the fresh air after storms, even as hazardous conditions persist along the coastline.

On Monday at 11:43 p.m. the NWS San Francisco CA issued a high surf advisory valid from Thursday 1 a.m. until Friday 10 p.m.

At 11:43 p.m. on Monday, the NWS San Francisco CA issued a beach hazards statement valid from Thursday 1 a.m. until Friday 10 ...

Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Southern Monterey Bay and Big ...

Large waves battered the Bay Area coast on Saturday, January 3, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a coastal flood ...

Witnesses reported seeing a shark breach just offshore at Lovers Point that morning, where Fox was leading a group of about a ...

This week I had visitors in town from back east. One was an 11-year-old boy who wanted to take surfing lessons every day; the other had lived in Santa Cruz 35 or 40 years ago and was ...

In 1952, Jack O'Neill opened the first-ever "surf shop" in Santa Cruz, a novel idea that soon spread throughout California ...

King Tides and a Pacific storm could bring flooding to California’s coast. Here’s what to know, safety tips, and how to join ...

If the Sentinel’s Sports Newsmaker of the Year honor seems like a broken record, it’s only because middle distance runner ...