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, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will become the first amusement park in California to reopen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers spent Friday getting the ...

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 ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - As Santa Cruz County just moved into the orange tier, the Beach Boardwalk could become the first amusement park to reopen in California. Boardwalk officials told the Southern ...

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will reclose after Santa Cruz County moved back to the red/substantial tier 2 risk level under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

Santa Cruz's famous Beach Boardwalk just earned "legend" status in the amusement park industry. ☀️🎢 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay Welcome, Mickey ...

The amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier, Pacific Park, has been sold to an investment firm that plans to put $10 million into the park's food and entertainment attractions, ...

Santa Monica Pier's Pacific Park has been sold to new owners for an undisclosed fee. The new owners are said to be investing $10 million into the pier.

The Santa Monica Pier was built to run sewage into the ocean in 1909. The amusement park concept developed in 1916 during the heyday of pleasure piers, which populated coastal towns nationwide.

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 ...