Initial location: Santa Cruz County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 1:48 a.m. in Santa Cruz County, California.

Kings Fire initially started today at 5:18 p.m. in Santa Cruz County, California. Since its discovery less than an hour ago, ...

Two people were evacuated from a boat that caught fire off of the Santa Cruz County coastline Wednesday morning and one first ...

According to the report, a renter in County needs to earn an hourly wage of $81.21 to comfortably afford a two-bedroom unit ...

Santa Cruz County in deep blue California was named the least affordable U.S. rental market in 2025, requiring $81.21/hour to ...

To afford a typical two-bedroom apartment in Santa Cruz County, an individual would need to earn $81.21 per hour.

Since its arrival in 2020, public health experts have come to expect a biannual spike in COVID-19 infections during summer and winter months. But while cases in Santa Cruz County are higher than she’d ...

I think it’s simmering,” County Health Officer Lisa Hernandez told the Sentinel. “Which basically tells you that we’ve still ...

California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash involving a 2021 Harley-Davidson motorcycle that occured on ...

A Southern California beach was temporarily closed due to a shark sighting. There's been several shark incidents so far this ...

AB 218 could result in up to $3 billion in childhood sexual abuse settlements for school districts that are already squeezed ...

The Navigator, a 48-foot squid fishing boat based out of Monterey, California, went up in flames Wednesday (July 16), ...