The indefinite closure of the Santa Cruz Wharf following Monday’s partial collapse has left dozens of businesses and hundreds of their employees facing an uncertain future.
Some, like Vino by the Sea owner Ana Wold, are scrambling to figure out how to stay afloat if the wharf remains closed for a long time.
Wold estimates she could lose about $20,000 for a weeklong closure during this Christmas and New Years Eve season. She purchased the business in October 2020, during the pandemic, and has since weathered multiple wharf closures during years of COVID restrictions and past storms. Adding to the challenges, after buying a home in July 2020, the CZU Fire burnt it down…