Fortunately no one was hurt,” said Board Chair Felipe Hernandez. “But this event has left a lot of questions in the minds of ...

We cannot accept facilities in our neighborhoods that pose a risk of repeated catastrophic incidents,” County Board of ...

A structure on Empire Grade was engulfed in flames on Aug. 20, 2020, as a CZU Lightning Complex fire ravaged Bonny Doon.

Don’t like fires? The batteries at Moss Landing burned for one night. Fortunately, the EPA’s findings suggest there was no health impact. And there is good reason to believe future fire risk can ...

A structure fire at a house in Watsonville left a woman dead and a man critically injured Sunday night. The cause of the fire ...

The uproar over the Moss Landing Vistra battery plant meltdown that started Jan. 16 has only intensified, as many County and North Monterey County residents seem to have been caught ...

A symbolic emergency proclamation does not excuse the Board of Supervisors from their responsibilities and duties to protect its citizens. Like the Nero of Los Angeles, Karen Bass and ...

These are very disturbing numbers,” said County of Monterey Supervisor Glenn Church. “… We’re in uncharted territory.” ...

A structure on Empire Grade was engulfed in flames on Aug. 20, 2020, as a CZU Lightning Complex fire ravaged Bonny Doon. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel file) “I remember definitely ...

As LA sifts through the ashes of several wildfires, what happened in the Santa Cruz Mountains provides a stark example of the ...

The dramatic fire at the Vistra battery storage plant caused the evacuation of 1,200 people in Northern Monterey County, ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County leaders and the viewing public will be briefed next week on the local response to a fire that erupted ... New Leaf Energy told the Sentinel. Hernandez, for his ...