Built in 1907, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is California’s oldest amusement park and is poised to make history again as one of the first to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Santa Cruz’s flagship amusement park will soon be filled again with the sounds of shrieks and laughter, albeit muted by masks and with thinner crowds than usual. Santa Cruz County’s declining ...

The reopening is possible because Santa Cruz County is in the orange tier, which allows for small amusement parks with attendance under 15,000 to reopen at 25% capacity. (Large theme parks must ...

California’s oldest amusement park is preparing to become the first amusement park to reopen under the state’s new COVID-19 health and safety guidelines following a seven-month coronavirus ...

Many locals and visitors alike have found memories and associations with the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and no times at the amusement park is more magical than when day transitions to dusk and a ...