I drive toward the ocean on 41st Avenue and pass Betty Burgers. Why did I drive past Betty Burgers? What was I thinking? Imagine...

Not all who wander are lost.—J.R.R. Tolkien I meet Santa Cruzans who were born here and stayed, but most of us chose to migrate to...

The magical feature of this Santa Cruz beach walk is seeing and feeling and hearing that point where the sea meets the land.

Today we want to scale the heights of Montara Mountain, above the Devil’s Slide Tunnels, looking over the Pacific Ocean.

In his online column Take A Hike with Richard Stockton, the author explores the redwoods with various hiking buddies—including Katherine Beiers, a former three-term mayor of Santa Cruz.

California’s coastline is renowned for its stunning beaches, each with its own formation story. One such gem is New Brighton State Beach.

Freedom Boulevard is my road home. I have driven by Aptos High School 500 times and never gave the school a thought.

This 1.3-mile loop trail has been hiked by so many people for 50 years the stones in the path have been polished by the soles of our feet.

This week, Take a Hike columnist Richard Stockton walk through windswept grasslands on bluffs towering over crashing waves.

There are many hikers, bikers and cars in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, but veer off onto a path up a hill and you’ll find solitude.

In his weekly column, writer Richard Stockton explores the crown jewel of the California State Park System, which draws 600,000 people a year.

In this week’s Take a Hike column, Richard Stockton describes wh two OG hikers did when an ankle cracked in the backcountry.