SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — In 2020, the CZU Lightning Complex fires burned through over 86,000 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

A new prescribed burn, called Rosalia, was initiated 11:30 a.m. Jan. 1 at in Santa Cruz County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on state land for five months. Prescribed fire ...

8 rescued after rising tide traps group in cave at a Santa Cruz County beach ...

The only possible routes for exiting the coastal cave, according to Cal Fire, involved swimming to a neighboring beach with ...

A 58-year-old man died in a car crash on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County Monday afternoon, according to officials. At around ...

Residents in the Santa Cruz area are marveling at a rare influx of California tortoiseshell butterflies, calling the spectacle uplifting and healing. Ecologists say the unusual swarm may be tied to ...