The fire is burning between Scotts Valley and Felton, per CAL FIRE. There were hard closures at Mt Hermon Road at Conference ...

The Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County announced that it’s been awarded a $7 million Cal Fire grant for ...

Cal Fire is responding to a wildfire west of Scotts Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains Friday afternoon. The wildfire, named ...

Agencies including Cal Fire moved quickly Friday to contain a blaze off Mount Hermon Road between Felton and Scotts Valley, ...

Forward progress has been stopped after firefighters responded to a fire Saturday night that forced evacuations near Highway 17 and Summit Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The blaze, dubbed the ...

A fire is burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Scotts Valley and Felton, according to CAL FIRE CZU. There are road closers in place along Mount Herman Road. No structures are threatened at this ...

SANTA CRUZ – Two years have passed since a series of lightning strikes unleashed an unprecedented level of fire devastation in Santa Cruz County, flattening more than 900 homes and nearly 1,500 ...

The Santa Clara County Fire Department has more than three times the space to fight fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains with last week’s opening of the Redwood Fire Station. Though the department ...

The Ranch Fire, a 2,751-acre wildfire burning in Santa Cruz County, is 60% contained as of June 8, according to InciWeb.

But amid those concerns is a growing chorus of scientific, governmental and community-based experts touting the benefits of “good fire ... grasslands in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Watsonville.