Surfing will make its debut in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but the sport made its debut in the Bay Area more than 130 years ago in Santa Cruz. The Bay Area is where the invention of the wetsuit began. And, the best surfers come to the Bay Area for the biggest waves. In this installment of our award-winning documentary…

View a preview of our next episode in our Bay Area Revelations series, “Riding the Waves.”

The legendary surfing spot known as Mavericks near Half Moon Bay attracts surfers and onlookers to its super dramatic skyscraper-like waves. But when researchers Alison Young and Rebecca Johnson of the Cal Academy of Sciences visit the spot every month, it’s purposely on a day when there are no waves.

The coastline near Half Moon Bay, is home to some of nature’s most spectacular waves. Maverick’s is of course known world over for its epic surf, but some scientists, are most excited about its low tide. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

Surfing made its official debut in the Bay Area more than 130 years. We’ll visit three popular surfing areas: San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, Mavericks Half Moon Bay, and the World Surfing Reserve in Santa Cruz

A billionaire who has been fighting for more than a decade to keep a secluded beach to himself has sued California and San Mateo County.

A 2-year-old girl was struck by an intoxicated hit-and-run driver Thursday near Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa, according to authorities. Sergio Quintana reports.

A short visit by high pressure will make Saturday mostly sunny and warm with temps in the 70s inland with mid 60s to lower 70s around the bay. Things chance rapidly by Sunday morning as clouds increase ahead of rain chances in the North Bay approaching lunchtime and spilling southward to the rest of the Bay Area by late PM…

Farmers lined up early Monday morning, fingers crossed, hoping their gargantuan gourd would take home the prize in the annual pumpkin weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.

Nearly one-third of properties and 100,000 people in San Mateo County may be at-risk to sea level rise, a new report shows.

To outsiders, the name “California” may conjure images of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, bustling tech hubs in Silicon Valley and Hollywood movie stars, but locals will be the first to tell you about the state’s teeming wildlife population.

An Oregon farmer won the annual 42nd Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off on Monday, when his gourd clocked in at just shy of a ton.

Heavy smoke from at least seven wildfires, including the 24,000-acre Jerusalem Fire, raging in Northern California is drifting into the Bay Area, according to officials.

Heavy smoke from the raging Northern California fires is slowly drifting into the Bay Area. Chuck Coppola reports.

California is shutting down the “rinse-off” showers at all state beaches to conserve water. Parks employees put up signs to remind beachgoers the state is in a severe drought, and is trying to save water.

California is shutting down the “rinse-off” showers at all state beaches to conserve water. Parks employees put up signs to remind beachgoers the state is in a severe drought, and is trying to save water. Ian Cull reports.

According to U.S. Coast Guard officials, 500 gallons of fuel had to be removed from a boat stranded in a marine sanctuary near Half Moon Bay.

Scientists on Wednesday are inspecting a 40-foot gray whale washed ashore in Half Moon Bay Monday, one of three dead whales to have been spotted on a Bay Area beach in a little over a month.

A 40-foot gray whale has washed ashore in Half Moon Bay, one of three dead whales to have been spotted on a Bay Area beach in a little over a month.

A 40-foot gray whale has washed ashore in Half Moon Bay, one of three dead whales to have been spotted on a Bay Area beach in a little over a month. Marianne Favro reports.