Officials announced the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf will reopen this weekend nearly two weeks after a portion of the popular tourist attraction collapsed into the ocean amid a pounding surf.The City of Santa Cruz announced Thursday that the wharf would formally re-open Saturday morning and the city would hold a ceremony to mark the occasion at 10 a.

The Santa Cruz Wharf will reopen to the public on Saturday January 4, city officials said,13 days after a section of the century-old pier collapsed into the ocean. About 150 feet collapsed within seconds on Dec.

Visitors to Seabright State Beach this week walk past debris that came ashore following the collapse of a section of the Santa Cruz Wharf on Monday. Pilings, beams and a myriad of material from

A part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday afternoon during a high-surf warning, with authorities confirming two people had to be pulled from the water.

Santa Cruz State Beaches said that Seacliff State Beach and Rio Del Mar State Beach will be closed until noon on Wednesday. Twin Lakes State Beach, Seabright State Beach and both sides of the fencing at San Lorenzo Point will be closed until 6:00 a.m. Dec 30. due to debris that is washing up onshore.

A portion of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday and is floating away after being battered by life-threatening waves that could exceed 30 feet.

Three people were rescued from the wharf. The powerful surf also fatally trapped a man under debris on a beach in Santa Cruz, the authorities said.

After a structural assessment was completed of the Santa Cruz Wharf after about 150 feet of the structure’s south end fell into the ocean Dec. 23., the city of Santa Cruz announced Thursday

While already on alert because of the high surf that hit the Monterey Bay coast Monday, Santa Cruz Lifeguards Lt. Isiah Mullen and Lt. Sam Hofmann, stationed on a Jet Ski in the water near Cowell

Anne Makovec reports on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf reopening for visitors Saturday morning with a ceremony.