We cannot accept facilities in our neighborhoods that pose a risk of repeated catastrophic incidents,” County Board of ...

Freeze warnings, frost advisories and cold weather advisories from the National Weather Service (NWS) were in place for 18 counties in California early on Wednesday morning.

"Fortunately no one was hurt," said Board Chair Felipe Hernandez. "But this event has left a lot of questions in the minds of ...

The Salinas River floods a live strawberry field off Blanco Road in rural Salinas after a round of storms hit Monterey County in 2023. (David Royal — Herald Correspondent) Much of California ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today at 5:33 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. Bear Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. It has been burning on private ...

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

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 ...

As a lawsuit from a Santa Cruz landlord remains in federal court, the Santa Cruz City Council is set to consider its rent ...