The 2020 fires – the largest in Bay Area history in terms of acreage burned – resulted from separate ignitions from lightning ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) – A Santa Cruz Fire Ground Commander battling the CZU Lightning Complex Fire was robbed by looters over the weekend, according to Cal Fire. When the firefighter returned to ...

Tonje Switzer (right) received the Green Heart award in October, an honor named for Mountain Community Resources’ late founder, Mary Hammer. UC Santa Cruz alumna and Executive Director of the Santa ...

SANTA CRUZ — For the past decade, multimedia artists, filmmakers and married couple Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have made movies tackling environmental topics while incorporating humor and ...

Following the LNU Lightning Complex fires, a sign reading "Vaca Strong" adorns a charred hillside in Vacaville, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. AP Photo/Noah Berger Photos taken over the past ...

APTOS — A strong weather system along the Central Coast sent rain, rolling thunder and lightning strikes into Santa Cruz County overnight, but fire officials confirmed the following day that there was ...

California’s leaders need to make key decisions in 2026 to protect and support our state parks.

Oct. 19—The names are ominously familiar: Camp. CZU Lightning. Caldor. And more recently, Palisades. Between 2018 and 2023, more than 41,000 structures in California were destroyed and 152 lives were ...