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

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

Once again, the cold winter temperatures have descended upon Santa Cruz County. Residents might already be used to bundling ...

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

It’s getting tougher for Californians to get and keep fire insurance, writes Lookout politics columnist Mike Rotkin, and it’s not just people living in fire-prone, forested areas like Bonny Doon and ...

"Last night, the Monterey Fire Department requested EPA technical ... roughly 1,500 residents were evacuated. In neighboring Santa Cruz County, public health officials there were also advising ...