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

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

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:38 a.m. in Santa Cruz County. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

The fires torching parts of the LA area, many taking the homes of well ... strikes set off fires driven by strong wind in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That many residents who lost homes in that ...

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

The fires in the Los Angeles area have burned through an area equivalent to more than three and a half times the size of Santa Cruz, which spans approximately 16 square miles. Salinas is around 24 ...

The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for Pima and Santa Cruz counties through 7 p.m. Saturday.

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

In areas at extreme fire risk, from the Santa Cruz Mountains to rural corners of ... Gavin Newson that would protect homeowners in the immediate area of the fires from losing their insurance ...

The incoming rain this weekend brings mudslide threat to areas previously affected by the wildfires, as crews race to contain ...

Today, more than four years after the devastating CZU fires, many Santa Cruz Mountains residents are ... should a debris flow strike. “This area used to be level with the side of our house ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...