LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

FAIR, with its high premiums and basic coverage, was designed as a temporary safety net until policyholders find a more ...

There are three major energy goals in California — move away from fossil fuels to a greener electrical grid, have safe, ...

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

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

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.

The suspect was seen walking away from an area after allegedly lighting a brush fire in the vicinity of Knapp Ranch Road and ...

Opponents of common-sense guardrails say that any kind of regulation is an irrational over-reaction. Their arguments, that ...

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