SANTA CRUZ - Fire crews knocked down a fire at a single-family home on the 800 block of Escalona Drive about 10 minutes after it was reported this afternoon.
SEASCAPE -- For the first time in nearly 30 years, Hal and Mary Branges didn't have a Christmas tree.
In claims filed with Santa Cruz County, Farmers Insurance Group contends county officials contributed to the spread of last summer's Trabing Fire by failing to keep roadsides free of flammable vege...
Santa cruz Attackers sought in gang stabbing Police are searching for four men who punched and stabbed a 32-year-old Watsonville man downtown on Sunday night.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Two vastly different local communities -- one in the mountains, the other closer to the sea -- are trying to rebuild following a harrowing California fire season that burned 1.
Santa Cruz Perjury charges reduced for Knoerl A Cabrillo College student accused of perjury pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser charge, was sentenced to the time already served and placed on probat...
WATSONVILLE -- More than two dozen people lost their home when a fire raged through a Union Street triplex early Tuesday morning.
Fire crews battled a fire in the 5300 block of Branciforte Drive for two hours Monday afternoon.
SANTA CRUZ - The to create an independent fire department in Bonny Doon was shot down for the second time in a matter of months.
BONNY DOON -- Residents on Pineridge Road, a private community in Bonny Doon near where the Martin Fire burned last summer, are confused at the state's latest fire-prevention effort in the area.
A late-night fire burned a crematorium to the ground, but no human remains were inside at the time and a nearby mausoleum containing hundreds of urns and crypts sustained only superficial damage.
Firefighters battle a wildfire that broke out Thursday near Santa Barbara.
Fire season is officially over, Cal Fire announced this week. Heavy rains last weekend soaked tinder-dry vegetation, dousing major concerns that wildland fires could ignite.
FELTON - Fire season is officially over, Cal Fire announced this week. Heavy rains last weekend soaked tinder-dry vegetation, dousing major concerns that wildland fires could spark.
As a new canopy bed was being loaded into her mother's truck, 5-year-old Caroline Ollenburger spun in a circle with joy before clinging on to her mother's leg.