First discovered: 11:28 a.m. Aug. 5 A new wildfire was reported today at 11:28 a.m. in Santa Cruz County, California. Ranch ...

First discovered: 1:25 p.m. Aug. 6 Initial location: Santa Cruz County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 1:25 p.m.

Among those surveyed, about 40% were experiencing homelessness for the first time, which is roughly a 10% increase from 2024, ...

The public got a sense of how local transportation leaders are thinking about a draft report detailing potential passenger rail service in Santa Cruz County, but any formal decisions that could ...

A hurt owl was rescued from the center divider of Highway 1 near Rio Del Mar Boulevard in the Santa Cruz area Friday.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted to delist the Redman-Hirahara House from the county's historic registry due ...

CASA of Santa Cruz County is partnering with truancy court judges to address chronic absenteeism among K-12 students.

Local investigators believe they have found the body of an at-risk Watsonville teen that had been missing since last week.

Under the threat of a potential tsunami hitting the Monterey Bay following a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast ...

Southern Arizona community officials note reduced illegal crossings under President Trump, but also ongoing drug smuggling ...

Video shows Lisa Latta and her husband, Ernest Latta Jr. outside their Hayward home on Saturday, hours before the fatal crash ...

Ember Flash Aerospace, a small Santa Cruz County startup, is a semifinalist in the global XPRIZE Wildfire competition.