U.S. News and World Report sought out small towns with “coastal views, quaint main streets and outdoor pursuits.” ...

California’s iconic trees are so well appreciated that three national parks are named after them: Redwood, Sequoia and Joshua ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:13 p.m. in Santa Cruz County. Shady Fire has been burning on private land. At this ...

Josh Howard, 22, was walking home from work on a narrow shoulder of Highway 9 when he was killed by a driver who drifted out ...

This fall, construction is expected to start on a sidewalk on Highway 9 between Graham Hill Road and San Lorenzo Valley High ...

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Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The City of Santa Cruz adopted an updated hazard severity zone map from the state's ...

While bus-exclusive lanes are a common sight in city areas–including downtown Santa Cruz–this is the first bus-on-shoulder ...

The FireSafe Council is working to add layers of information on top of the new map, including which areas have the worst ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?