Visitors stand on the wharf at the Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ...

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.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- An atmospheric river moving in might be the last thing they want to see in Santa Cruz. It was just in December that a huge section of the wharf collapsed into the water ...