According to CAL FIRE CZU, the call drew units from CAL FIRE CZU, Pajaro Valley Fire, Santa Cruz County Fire, Watsonville Fire, Central Fire, AMR and CHP. Crews worked through low visibility as they ...

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 ...

BOULDER CREEK — California’s oldest state park — Big Basin Redwoods — thrived for 118 years, but it took less than 24 hours for almost all of the 18,000-acre property to go up in smoke. In the early ...

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 ...

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 ...