Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Archives

Juvenile salmon to be released Wednesday at Santa Cruz Wharf

by Jessica M. Pasko May 30, 2023May 3, 2024

State officials and the nonprofit Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project are set to release 160,000 juvenile chinook salmon off the Santa Cruz Wharf after dusk Wednesday, with the public invited to watch and learn more about efforts to boost the local population.

The Santa Cruz Wharf stretches more than a half a mile into Monterey Bay.

Coast Life

City aims to pilot Santa Cruz wharf to calmer waters after stormy few years

by Ashley Spencer March 31, 2023May 3, 2024

“We’re investing in building momentum this summer,” the City of Santa Cruz’s development manager says of goings-on at the wharf, where the balance between tourists and locals, new challenges and old wooden pilings, development and a fragile ecosystem are all part of the equation.

Nautical is the theme inside Makai Island Kitchen & Groggery.

Food & Drink

Bait the hook: Dining renaissance underway at the Santa Cruz wharf

by Ashley Spencer March 31, 2023May 3, 2024

With the reopening of Stagnaro Brothers and Firefish Grill, a Humble Sea pop-up, Makai’s island grog and a summer concert series, the wharf is aiming to tempt Santa Cruz locals into the mix at the popular tourist haunt.

Portions of West Cliff Drive were closed because of dangerous conditions and damage from this week's storm.

Santa Cruz Wharf evacuated, portions of West Cliff Drive closed as storm batters Central California coast

by Max Chun January 5, 2023May 3, 2024

Police and firefighters closed and evacuated the Santa Cruz Wharf on Thursday as high waves that followed behind Wednesday’s atmospheric river threatened public safety. In Santa Cruz, West Cliff Drive between Pelton and Almar was closed as waves washed over the area, sending large rocks onto the roadway.

Business & Technology

Feds kick in $620K for Santa Cruz Wharf redevelopment

by Neil Strebig May 21, 2021May 3, 2024

Aiming to fuel business growth, the Commerce Department has ticketed $620,000 for Santa Cruz, with the funds to be used for infrastructure improvements on the wharf.

Dawn Kole and Sean Crawford of Ripon fish at the Santa Cruz wharf on March 8, 2021.

Politics & Policy

Santa Cruz will seek grant funding for multi-use trail, fishing park on the wharf

by Isabella Cueto March 9, 2021May 3, 2024

To secure funding, projects must be within a half-mile of a “critically underserved community” — with few parks or an average household income under $56,982. The average household income in those he surrounding Beach Flats neighborhood is $45,000, according to city estimates.