SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

SANTA CRUZ — Investigators believe a fire that broke out early Saturday morning in a hotel elevator was intentionally set, a Santa Cruz Fire Department official said. A fire alarm on the 100 ...

Santa Lucia Fire initially started 12:54 p.m. Nov. 7 in Santa Barbara County. It has burned 125 acres after being active for two days. By Saturday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 85 ...

A historic 100-year-old home in Santa Paula was destroyed Wednesday after the fast-moving Mountain Fire was driven by strong winds onto the property. The blaze left the property and several others ...

Santa Lucia Fire initially started 12:54 p.m. Nov. 7 in Santa Barbara County. It has burned 125 acres after being active for 30 hours. By Friday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 70% ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

[Update: Fri., Nov. 7, 2024, 3:44 p.m.] The Santa Lucia Fire is 70 percent contained and remains at 130 acres, according to a Friday-morning update from Santa Barbara County Fire. Fire crews were ...

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 ...