PAJARO DUNES – Smoke from a controlled agricultural burn may have triggered a smoke alarm in a resort complex near Sunset State Beach Thursday evening, authorities said. Just after 6:30 p.m ...

A huge skull spotted on Pajaro Dunes State Beach in California likely belongs to a fin or blue whale, the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History says. Photo by William Bout via Unsplash A gigantic ...

The inert bomb was found on a beach in Pajaro Dunes, about 20 miles southeast of Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office reported in a news release. A photo with the release shows a ...