All residents of Santa Cruz County's unincorporated areas will be required to get a Cal Fire permit before burning backyard ...

While Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz firefighters were preparing to rescue two from a redwood tree, one person fell.

A rescue call near the UC Santa Cruz campus escalated into a major emergency on Saturday after two people became trapped high in a redwood tree. One man fell an estimated 80 feet while firefighters ...

Santa Cruz Long Term Recovery Group Executive Director Tonje Switzer (Oakes ’16, sociology) was awarded the Mountain Affair’s ...

APTOS — A strong weather system along the Central Coast sent rain, rolling thunder and lightning strikes into Santa Cruz County overnight, but fire officials confirmed the following day that there was ...

A celebrated 44-acre private vineyard estate for sale for $11.7 million sits along a ridgeline of the Santa Cruz Mountains above the area’s fog and bustle of Silicon Valley, which is just 30 minutes ...

As of Thursday, the team of responders looking for Jeanne Burke has expanded to approximately 80-100 people arriving from ...

Santa Cruz County has crafted one of California’s toughest battery-storage ordinances, prioritizing safety, transparency and local control, writes Felipe Hernandez, the chair of the county board of ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is on the third day of its search for an at-risk missing woman. Jeanne Burke, 73, was ...