Multiple piers have come and gone along the Santa Cruz coast, and in the last two columns I have slowly meandered south from ...

Santa Monica Pier looks stunning in photos – colorful sunsets, the iconic Ferris wheel, and the Pacific Ocean stretching ...

A recording released by the federal government appears to include audio of the implosion of the experimental submersible that ...

The NOAA has released a chilling audio recording of the Titan submersible implosion, capturing the exact moment when the ...

The Scripps Pier hosts several research stations operated by scientists around campus who study everything from ocean currents to marine microbiology. Small boats are also launched from either side of ...

More wharves/pier stories to come. Gary Griggs is a Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Santa Cruz. He can be reached at [email protected]. For past Ocean Backyard columns ...

The history of the Ocean City Boardwalk is woven with Gillian's Wonderland Pier, and the family that owns the park was also heavily involved in Ocean City politics for a time. An initial iteration ...

Piers along our coast just regularly get eaten by the ocean. Huge waves in the 1983 El Niño winter broke off the outer 35 feet of the Capitola pier and again destroyed a 30-foot section in the ...

The US Coast Guard has released an audio recording that appears to capture the implosion of the Titan submersible, which ...