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

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.

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

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

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

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 ...