Morning fog billows over the Monterey Bay on a recent morning as palm trees line Beach Street to the left and the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf extends from Cowell Beach into the bay at right.

It would be a different view. ... May 21, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Visitors walk along the Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

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.

Now, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, city officials hope to finish a partial repair of what's left at the end of the wharf. The hope is that construction would start in October and finish by ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Five months ago, more than 180 feet at the end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf collapsed into the ocean. That part of the wharf was under construction at the time.

As they have for more than 100 years, thousands of visitors will head out to Santa Cruz’s beaches and famous wharf over Memorial Day Weekend, heralding the beginning of summer. The sea lions ...