A new wildfire was reported today at 10:38 a.m. in Santa Cruz County. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

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

President Trump has called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to "release the water." and claimed FEMA lacked the funds to ...

When it comes to disaster preparedness, Santa Cruz County is employing not only a recently established Office of Response, ...

A quilting group in the Santa Cruz Mountains is donating handmade blankets to Southern California wildfire victims. See how you can help.

By Marisa Kendall/CalMatters Originally published Jan. 15, 2025 Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift ...

Applications are open to oversee about $7 million annually for environmental projects through Measure Q in Santa Cruz County.

State Farm, the largest insurance company in California, has asked state regulators to immediately approve a steep rate hike ...

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

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 ...

A new report examines how climate change is expected to impact Santa Cruz County roads and parts of the Santa Cruz Branch ...