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Questions linger around future of Santa Cruz Wharf
Santa Cruz County officials are considering whether it makes sense to rebuild the iconic Santa Cruz Wharf after part of it collapsed into the ocean during a recent storm.
WATSONVILLE, Calif. - A Watsonville man who died after he was trapped by debris washed up by high surf last week along a Monterey Bay beach has been identified.
David Koons, 64, became trapped at Sunset State Beach near Watsonville, after a large wave washed debris ashore about 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 23, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
Koons was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to sheriff's spokesperson Ashley Keehn.
The high surf was generated by recent storms that battered the coast last week and also led to the partial collapse of the the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.