It’s Thursday, and I’m at the midpoint of the 2.5-mile Old Cove Landing Trail in Santa Cruz’s Wilder Ranch ... scenery changes you’ll find hiking in Northern California.

Evening falls over the rail trail near Almar Avenue. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Overgrown tracks gently curve ...

In 1887, the land became a playground for the rich. James L. Flood, who built San Francisco's Flood Building at Market and Powell streets, was among those who owned the Los Gatos estate, which boasted ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) “The call was for a capsized vessel near the harbor mouth,” said McKenna. “We had a very large northwest swell with a low tide during that time ...