SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Fire Department rescued an unconscious disabled man from a fire at the Aqua Breeze Inn on Sunday afternoon. The fire crew, which received the call at 1:48 p.m ...

A group of schoolchildren and several adults are safe after their bus caught fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains Friday morning.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A bus became "fully engulfed" in flames on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz Friday morning. The CHP is asking ...

(KRON) — More than two dozen children were evacuated from a bus in the Santa Cruz Mountains before ... arrived,” the Santa Clara County Fire Department said. Photo: Santa Clara County Fire ...

For years, Santa Cruz Fire, Scotts Valley, and the Central Fire District have overlapped, helping one another respond to large incidents. These agencies are now one step closer to launching a ...

A wave of lawsuits, large and small, have been waged against Vistra Corporation, PG&E, and many of their associated companies in the months following an explosive Jan. 16 fire at their battery storage ...

Four out of five of California’s most-destructive wildfires, and nine of the 10 largest, have occurred since 2017.

Cal Fire’s new wildfire hazard maps could bring new requirements for defensible space and building standards in parts of ...

The Santa Cruz Police Department said the body was reported to authorities at 2:13 p.m. “The identity of the body is pending verification by the Santa Cruz County Coroner,” SCPD said.

In a report on the sensor project, Santa Clara County staff highlighted the SCU and CZU fires, which each destroyed some 1,500 buildings. Lee in 2023 proposed installing fire-detection sensors in ...

Central Fire District's board of directors rejected a plan to study consolidating three Santa Cruz County fire agencies. While the plan, which would have also explored ways fire districts could better ...