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

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 another storm.

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 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.

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

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 ...

(Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel file) “I remember definitely seeing ... (Photo: Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) The fire also made life more difficult for people who were already homeless in ...

MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a ...