(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) A surfer glides ahead of a backlit wave at Steamer Lane this week while riding the swell past the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point in Santa ...

Periods of rain alternated with sunshine in Santa Cruz Monday to provide optimal conditions for rainbows, and multiple ...

Pedestrians watch a wave crash over the West Cliff walkway’s fence near Lighthouse Point this week as a powerful swell roared ...