New map shows Bay Area locations with highest risk of ember-driven wildfires Recent deadly firestorms highlight danger of smoldering fragments spread by winds ...

The Ranch Fire, a 2,751-acre wildfire burning in Santa Cruz County, is 60% contained as of June 8, according to InciWeb.

Cal Fire’s new wildfire hazard maps could bring new requirements for defensible space and building standards in parts of Santa Cruz County.

(Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission) SANTA CRUZ >> At a Wednesday night meeting in Santa Cruz, transportation authorities presented maps and images of potential passenger rail ...

When Santa Cruz County’s planning commission voted to reject a 151-foot cellphone tower disguised like a pine tree in Bonny Doon earlier this year, the land-use panel might have “abused” its ...

SANTA CRUZ — When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most significant policy win for a movement that had roots ...

Work is set to wrap up in the summer on 17 miles of hiking trails in Santa Cruz County’s Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument, near Davenport.

Some residents along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County defied the evacuation orders that have since been lifted for the area on Thursday.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office placed several unincorporated low-lying areas under an evacuation warning Wednesday due to heavy rains and likely flooding from the arriving storm.

Santa Cruz County has already been gaining national attention for groundbreaking unionization efforts led by young workers, including at local Starbucks and REI locations. Now, new survey data show ...

Los Angeles County keeps building in hillsides and canyons even as the fire risk worsens. For a century, the lure of development in natural surroundings has won out.