County supervisors will work toward in-person help, a smoother online platform, and an efficient process, especially for ...

If a wildfire causes an evacuation, people are forced to leave quickly and make decisions under pressure about what to bring ...

What would you do if your house flooded tomorrow and you needed your insurance policy, tax returns, or car title right away? If that question made your stomach flip, you’re not alone. Most of us don’t ...

A Tesla driver just faced a harrowing ordeal when their EV came within inches of a 200‑foot plunge off Devil’s Slide.

It was an extremely “close call” Thursday for a driver whose Tesla was found “precariously dangling” over the side of a ...

FOR A LONG TIME, my emergency preparedness consisted of having three gallon bottles of water stashed in the back of a cupboard and a bunch of smashed ...

In 2023, a Southern California doctor intentionally drove his Tesla off a cliff at Devil's Slide and tumbled down 250 feet.

Santa Cruz County supervisors will begin a search for a new top administrator to succeed Carlos Palacios, who is stepping down after almost 10 years.

The CZU fire destroyed their wooden cabin near Clear Creek in Brookdale, leaving rebuilding challenges. “We had so many Thanksgiving and Christmas parties here,” Flynn recalled, standing on ...

BONNY DOON, Calif. — Felicia Rice, an artist, publisher, and educator, lost her entire letterpress shop and life's work in the catastrophic CZU fire in August 2020 and now uses art to express ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. — Many of the homeowners in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fires chose to walk away. That’s the findings from a grand jury report in Santa Cruz released on Friday.