Toro Park expected to reopen by end of April
Toro Park was closed indefinitely after the River Fire burned through part of the park last…
Continue ReadingToro Park was closed indefinitely after the River Fire burned through part of the park last…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials…
Continue ReadingThe Ventana Wildlife Society has confirmed that there is a new California condor egg in the Big Sur area, and it was found in a significant…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KION AND CBSLA) Firefighters are calling an aircraft a “game changer” when it comes to battling wildfires in the state.…
Continue ReadingMore than 900 Santa Cruz County homes were destroyed during the CZU Fires, and many residents are…
Continue ReadingAPTOS, Calif. (KION) Over 3,000 residents in Santa Cruz County are left in the dark after reports of downed power lines near Valencia Road in Aptos.…
Continue ReadingProsecutors have charged a garbage truck driver suspected of dumping burning trash that sparked…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board (WDB) has been awarded $1.5 million in grant money through the…
Continue ReadingCal Fire CZU and assisting agencies fought a series of fires over the course of a few days…
Continue ReadingAs consecutive years of catastrophic wildfires in California drive up the cost of insuring homes, state…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The County of Santa Cruz will be holding debris flow town halls for residents who currently live in the CZU…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) Roads and trails surrounding the Dolan Fire area will be closed through May 21st, 2021 at the Los Padres National…
Continue ReadingThe Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District said it has responded to help with…
Continue ReadingBOULDER CREEK, Calif. (KION) Thousands are still without power in the Santa Cruz Mountains late Thursday night after a major wind storm knocked out…
Continue ReadingCal Fire said two new fires have been reported in Santa Cruz County, and evacuations are…
Continue ReadingThe Red Cross and Santa Cruz County have opened a temporary evacuation center for the roughly 120 evacuated due to fires in the…
Continue ReadingThe National Weather Service in San Francisco has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty offshore winds, which is in effect from 6PM Monday evening…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY & SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION) Cal Fire will be suspending all burn permits within areas under contract with them in Monterey and…
Continue ReadingCal Fire said there is no longer a risk that the CZU Lightning Complex Fires will…
Continue ReadingA wildfire on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in northern San Diego County triggered evacuation…
Continue ReadingThe Carmel Fire destroyed 73 structures and damaged seven others when it burned through…
Continue ReadingSo far, the Sempervirens Fund and Save the Redwoods League have raised $543,000 in donations…
Continue ReadingWildfire survivors in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties are eligible for disaster assistance through FEMA, but the deadline…
Continue ReadingA small fire burning in Santa Cruz County has been contained, according to Cal Fire…
Continue ReadingIn an effort to help victims of the CZU Lightning Complex fires rebuild, the county has opened a Recovery Permit…
Continue ReadingFirefighters with Cal Fire CZU based in Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties have been sent to assist in…
Continue ReadingPowerful winds pushed flames through Southern California canyons early Thursday as an out-of-control wildfire…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County officials are asking for help as they work to find housing for survivors of the CZU Lightning Complex…
Continue ReadingOver the past couple years, Caltrans has closed parts of Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast when heavy rain…
Continue ReadingA request to extend a shelter program for CZU Lightning Complex Fire survivors in Santa Cruz County has been…
Continue ReadingHeading into the winter months, it is not uncommon to see some heavy rain, but in the Santa Cruz Mountains, it…
Continue ReadingThree months ago, the CZU Lightning Complex started burning in Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties, and one…
Continue ReadingThe Ventana Wilderness Alliance shared photos Friday of its trail crews at work preparing for…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County officials are working on public outreach concerning potential debris flow around the…
Continue ReadingMore than 900 families in the Santa Cruz Mountains lost their home in the CZU Lightning Complex in August. Following the life altering disasters,…
Continue ReadingSee a Monterey County evacuation and damage assessment map here: Dolan Fire Evacuation Orders All lifted Evacuation Warnings Zone 27: Santa Lucia…
Continue ReadingAs the threat of wildfires has grown to a staggering level in California, so has its network of high-tech cameras watching…
Continue ReadingGoats have returned to Fort Ord National Monument to continue their work reducing fuels that could pose a fire…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County officials have expressed concerns about debris flow in areas affected by the…
Continue ReadingVolunteers with the CZU Lightning Fire Quilts drive are handing out their quilts to fire survivors during…
Continue ReadingA GoFundMe has been created for a Fire Captain who was critically injured while fighting the Dolan…
Continue ReadingCaltrans is installing debris flow netting above Highway 1 near the Dolan Fire burn…
Continue ReadingA new puppy has been named for one of the people who helped save his owner’s home from the CZU Lightning Complex…
Continue ReadingMore than 100,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders from the wildfires in Southern California, where two fires are burning…
Continue ReadingA vegetation fire has been reported in Copperhead Canyon, according to Fort Hunter Liggett…
Continue ReadingA fast-moving wildfire forced evacuations for 60,000 people in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across…
Continue ReadingThe 2020 fire season has been devastating. Massive blazes have ravaged the Western US, swallowing entire…
Continue ReadingFort Hunter Liggett confirmed via Twitter that voluntary evacuations orders are in place for Pine, Reliz and Coleman Canyons.…
Continue ReadingA red flag warning begins at 1 a.m. Thursday for the Santa Cruz Mountain areas. The combination of strong winds and dry conditions causes the concern…
Continue ReadingThe Monterey County Office of Emergency Services has released a report on the Dolan Fire that details potential risks…
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