The Santa Cruz City Council could advance a wildfire plan to coordinate evacuations, ensure water delivery and prepare ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:20 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. H5 Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, ...

In a shocking public event, a local activist set fire to himself in downtown Santa Cruz, just hours after both the second ...

Fire victims’ experiences, and damning grand jury findings, depict a county government unprepared to meet the needs of ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Several northbound lanes of Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz mountains were closed for hours after a big rig caught on fire.

After heavy rain and strong winds hit the Central Coast, crews and residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains are preparing for ...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors received a report by Vistra Energy outlining the response and recovery efforts on ...

It’s getting tougher for Californians to get and keep fire insurance, writes Lookout politics columnist Mike Rotkin, and it’s not just people living in fire-prone, forested areas like Bonny Doon and ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 11:49 a.m. in Santa Cruz County. Wilder Fire has been burning on private land. There is ...