The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf suffered a significant collapse on Monday, sending debris into the ocean and onto nearby beaches. City officials are assessing the damage and working to ensure public safety.
A restroom from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf rests in the sand near the San Lorenzo River mouth on Tuesday after it was carried by waves to the shore following Monday’s collapse at the wharf. City officials said during a virtual press conference Tuesday that engineering crews were actively assessing the structural integrity of what remained from the formerly.
No significant injuries or additional victims had been identified as of Tuesday, the officials said, and the wharf remained closed along with the beaches that surround it — Main Beach and Cowell’s Beach. Debris floats in a Santa Cruz Harbor channel on Tuesday as water is pumped from a damaged boat. Melissa Kreisa, and her children Julia and Levi, salvage a piece of lumber from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on Tuesday after it landed onto Seabright State Beach on Monday. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, right, meets on Tuesday with Santa Cruz Harbormaster Blake Anderson, center, and Port District Commissioner Stephen Reed. Panetta came to Santa Cruz to survey the damage at the wharf and harbor. A jagged end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on Tuesday after waves tore off the end of the structure on Monday. Debris from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf lays scattered on Seabright State Beach on Tuesday. Pilings from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in the parking lot at the Santa Cruz Harbor on Tuesday after they were removed from the water nearby. Debris floats in a Santa Cruz Harbor channel on Tuesday as water is pumped from a damaged boat
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