We need these facilities,” said Assemblywoman Dawn Addis, a Democrat from Morro Bay, where voters in November rejected an ...

Just a month after she bought her red-doored dream home, Ana Wold’s little gray Boulder Creek house burned to the ground in ...

Mayor Fred Keeley is the first four-year mayor of the city of. In the spirit of collaboration, Mayor Keeley will be sharing the monthly Mayor’s Message column with the ...

A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In Ventura County, an evacuation ...

Two-thirds of the estimated $800 million over 10 years would be allocated to public safety while the remainder would go toward community investments.

Opponents of a Petaluma-area battery storage project say the fire at Moss Landing Power Plant should be a warning of the ...

Three heavy metals were found at concentrations thousands of times greater after the fire. The implications for wildlife hang ...

Lithium-ion battery fires are causing deadly incidents across the country. Attorney Michael Mezzacappa points to New York as an example of how cities can respond but calls for Congress to take greater ...

The preliminary results suggest that emissions from the lithium battery fire impacted surface soil in and around Site 8, where all four heavy metals exceeded screening levels in XRF Scan 4,” the ...

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

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