The Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was temporarily halted on Sunday mid-ride. A spokesperson said that the ride was halted for a medical emergency inside the Giant Dipper station. The ...

SANTA CRUZ — People from all over California and beyond gathered at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Saturday morning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the iconic Giant Dipper roller coaster.

The Giant Dipper Roller Coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is turning 100 years old this week. The wooden roller coaster opened on May 17, 1924. It took 47 days to build, cost $50,000 and ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- This day in 1924, the legendary Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster opened to guests at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk -- which was only 17 years old at that time. One ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Since Belmont Park first opened to the public in 1925, the historic Mission Beach amusement park and its iconic wooden roller coaster have become synonymous with San Diego’s ...

MISSION BEACH – Some things are meant to be saved. By the mid-1970s, Belmont Park — the iconic amusement park in Mission Beach — was at a crossroads. Once a bustling destination filled with laughter ...