A new wildfire was reported today at 3:20 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. H5 Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, ...

Several northbound lanes of Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz mountains were closed for hours after a big rig caught on fire.

CAL FIRE says that a structure fire was reported in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is currently burning near 1300 Ice Cream Grade. CAL FIRE says the structure is fully involved and was reported at 2 ...

22. The fires that roared through the coastside and Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties were ignited by lightning in the morning hours of Aug. 16. Ultimately, they burned ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County fire crews are lending support to colleagues in Southern California as they battle what experts are already calling one of the costliest disasters in United States ...

Courtesy Nadia Hamey. It took 37 days to contain the CZU Lightning Complex fires that covered over 86,500 acres in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, but the recovery process for charred ...

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

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.

Today, more than four years after the devastating CZU fires, many Santa Cruz Mountains residents are still grappling with the threat of erosion. Some, like those whose homes line Foreman Creek ...

More than 300 people gathered Sunday to grieve and honor Thairie Ritchie, the prominent local civil rights activist who set ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 11:49 a.m. in Santa Cruz County. Wilder Fire has been burning on private land. There is ...