Photos contributed by Steve Kuehl A gleaming new Type 6 engine is ready to be put into service on Wednesday at the downtown Santa Cruz Fire station. Type 6 engines are a compact, highly ...

Fire crews rescued a driver in their 70s after a vehicle veered off a highway in Santa Cruz County and went down an embankment, fire officials said Monday night. The crash was reported around 7:45 p.m ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:51 p.m. in in Santa Cruz County, California. Spanish Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and ...

Ninth Circuit denies captain’s appeal in fire that killed 34, incl. Santa Cruz County victims ...

The historic Santa Cruz Wharf, damaged by powerful winter storms in 2024, will get $3.15 million in federal funds for rehabilitation. Up to 300 feet of the structure was collapsed by massive waves ...

CAL FIRE CZU is responding to a fully involved structure fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Forward progress of the fire burning on Sage Lane has been stopped after it spread to nearby vegetation, ...

A structure fire Wednesday afternoon displaced multiple residents and caused a partial building collapse in Orcutt. Personnel from the Santa Barbara ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Santa Cruz Fire Department SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Surfers in Santa Cruz are being lauded as heroes after they swam toward a ...

SANTA CRUZ — A Santa Cruz native and the adult son of a legendary California surfing family was killed last weekend in Costa Rica in what appears to be a homicide, according to early investigative ...

Gui Santos is a prominent example of a Santa Cruz success story, rising from his time with the Warriors’ G League affiliate to become a fixture in their NBA rotation. Drafted with the 55th overall ...