The Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaboration is clearing hundreds of forestland acreage in one of the largest wildfire risk ...

Much like the colorful flora that emerges from a charred landscape following wildfires, people also emerge to help out ...

Expectation doesn’t necessarily ease reaction, and the news last week that the county’s largest department, the Health ...

Lifesaving award medal: Matthew Valencia and Bradley Craig, Oxnard Fire Department; Gabe Del Castillo, California State Parks ...

A group of tree lovers 125 years ago gathered beneath the leafy canopies of a grove of giant redwood trees in the Santa Cruz ...

The Santa Cruz City Council Tuesday advanced plans to encourage shopping and discourage empty storefronts in Downtown Santa ...

The Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture has named this year's awardees for the best of the Pajaro Valley.

The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday is set to commission a design for wharf repairs that would partially rebuild it and ...

The rare bird survived a BB gun shooting and all manner of predators and speeding vehicles before being felled by a natural ...

At San Vicente Redwoods near Boulder Creek, scientists use sonic technology to study fungal decay in fire-damaged trees while ...

Isaiah Karan, 19, was safely detained on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday, just before 6 p.m., when a shoplifting suspect allegedly displayed a firearm after security tried to detain him, ...

As the volunteer Firewise coordinator for the Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County, Lynn Sestak is doing her part to ensure ...