The death toll from two weeks of record blazes rose to 16 when a firefighter, who had been burned in a forest fire in central Portugal last week, died of his injuries late Wednesday night.

A one-eighth-acre fire broke out Sunday afternoon on the southbound Interstate 5 near the Valencia Boulevard exit and was quickly extinguished by firefighters, according to Supervising Fire ...

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 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.

Firefighters continue to gain control over the Mountain Fire, increasing containment to ... unincorporated Camarillo, Somis, Santa Paula, and Fillmore as of Monday. Officials said these areas ...

The Santa Cruz CHP Twitter account also posted a photo and noted that far two northbound lanes on Highway 1 near Buena Vista Dr. were closed due to the response to the so-called Buena Fire.

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.

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 Santa Cruz Fire said they extinguished a fire Saturday morning at an inn that required evacuations. When the first unit arrived at the Ocean Gate Inn, the hotel manager said there was a fire ...

A new fire station also is planned at the site and a future phase calls for a recreation center to serve Roseland and the rapidly growing southwest Santa Rosa community. The City Council on ...

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 ...