(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Waves crash over the bluff on West Cliff on Friday near Columbia Street. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Work to armor West Cliff from previous years ...

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The coast guard deployed drones to scour the rocky coastline where white waves crash into the base of cliffs, which stretch for roughly nine-miles. A helicopter and life boat were also used in the ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Work to armor West Cliff from previous years’ damage continued Friday morning near David Way as ocean waves battered the coastline as our latest surf ...