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

The CZU inferno destroyed about 700 homes in Santa Cruz County. Of those, 127 residences have been rebuilt and another 134 are under construction, according to the county.

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

Santa Cruz County supervisors met to discuss potential toxin spread from the Moss Landing battery plant fire, with residents ...

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

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

A barn fire on Highway 101 and Betabel Road broke out, prompting a response from the Aromas Tri-County Fire Department.

According to a city of Watsonville social media post, the Watsonville Fire Department first received reports of a fire at a house on the 500 block of Cedar Drive and were informed that people were ...

Residents describe experiences of sore throats and other symptoms. The energy storage industry insists that this incident is ...

A defined wildfire season doesn't really exist anymore in Arizona. As the Department of Forestry and Fire Management puts it: "Fires can happen year-round. We stress the importance of prevention.

MOSS LANDING — Scientists have reported concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles in the marsh soils at Elkhorn Slough in the wake of the recent fire at a battery storage facility in Moss Landing.