A WARNING FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AFTER A PORTION OF THE SANTA CRUZ WHARF COLLAPSED AND FELL RIGHT INTO THE OCEAN. AND TONIGHT, A WARNING FOR PEOPLE AFTER THAT COLLAPSE AND THAT PORTION OF THAT WALL FELL INTO THE OCEAN. YEAH. PUBLIC RESTROOM CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND EVEN THREE PEOPLE WENT INTO THE WATER IN KCRA 3’S. JOYCE KIM IS IN SANTA CRUZ FOR US RIGHT NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. THIS WAS WILD. JOYCE. YEAH, THE WHARF COLLAPSED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A $4 MILLION RECOVERY PROJECT TO REPAIR ITS DAMAGES FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. AND THE THREE PEOPLE THAT FELL INTO THE WATER WERE CREWS WORKING ON INSPECTING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE WHARF. AND THEY WERE IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, WHICH WAS CLOSED OFF FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. NOW THE THREE PEOPLE FELL INTO THE WATER AROUND 1245. IN THE AFTERNOON, TWO OF THEM WERE RESCUED AND THE THIRD PERSON SWAM TO SHORE. THEY WERE TAKEN TO SANTA CRUZ HARBOR AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES BEFORE BEING RELEASED. EVERYONE IS NOW SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. WE HAD OUR ENGINEER, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND OUR WHARF CREW ON SITE MONITORING MINUTE BY MINUTE. WE MADE THE DECISION THAT, BASED ON OUR FORECASTING MODELS, IT WOULD BE SAFE TO DO SO TODAY WITH CONSTANT MONITORING. BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW, DESPITE OUR BEST PREDICTIONS, TALKING WITH OUR WEATHER EXPERTS, MOTHER NATURE CAN SURPRISE US. THE LAST 150FT AT THE END OF THE WHARF, NOW GONE, THE LAST 150FT AT THE END OF THE WHARF, NOW GONE. THAT INCLUDES WHAT REMAINS OF THE DOLPHIN RESTAURANT, A RESTROOM AND EQUIPMENT. THE MAYOR BELIEVES THAT A PORTION OF THE WALL FELL INTO THE WATER BECAUSE IT WAS UNDERGOING REPAIRS AND DIDN’T HAVE A STRONG BASE BECAUSE MUCH OF THE ASPHALT HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE ENTIRE WHARF WILL REMAIN CLOSED INDEFINITELY. AT THIS TIME. CITY WORKERS ARE ASSESSING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE WHARF, BUT MUCH OF THAT DEPENDS ON IF THE WEATHER HERE GETS WORSE OR NOT. REPORTING IN SANTA CRUZ I’M JOYCE KIM, KCRA THREE NEWS. YEAH, JUST GOOD NEWS THAT EV