Santa Cruz and state officials are still surveying the damage and clearing debris from along the coast after heavy surf ...

It comes amid a cold winter for California, with widespread rain and stormy conditions hitting the state over Christmas.

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz Wharf snapped and floating in the ocean, Alessandro “Alo” Slebir pointed his surfboard ...