The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District announced an upgraded version of its Permitted Facilities Map, an ...

Reporters and photographers from the USA TODAY NETWORK-California will cover the "No Kings Day" protests throughout the state all day on June 14.

The county’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) began with an inventory. Passenger vehicles accounted for 51% of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the 2020 emissions inventory for ...

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It has been 31 years since the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake hit Los Angeles, and 35 years since the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake ruptured under Santa Cruz County, causing extensive ...

Six months after the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors moved to ban the sale of filtered cigarette products in unincorporated territory, organizers with the “ban the butt” effort look to ...

Taken separately, the Santa Cruz Port District logged $26.3 million in damages while the city of Santa Cruz suffered $18.1 million. The county recorded $35,000 in damages and the city of Capitola ...

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.

What: Santa Cruz County Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment and Priorities Draft Report When: Until 5 p.m., Jan. 17. How: Comments should be emailed to info@sccrtc.org with “CAVA” in ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Evacuation orders were issued and beaches were closed as the National Weather Service issued a high surf warning in coastal areas of Santa Cruz County starting Monday and ...