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

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.

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

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

Read more on our AI policy here. It has been burning on private land for three hours. There is no information on the containment of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

When it comes to disaster preparedness, Santa Cruz County is employing not only a recently established Office of Response, ...

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

The second peak of an ongoing atmospheric river storm arrived in Northern California Monday afternoon, prompting flood ...