Service station collects donations for wildfire victims and firefighters
A Carmel-By-The-Sea service station is collecting gift cards and other donations for victims of Central Coast wildfires and…
Continue ReadingA Carmel-By-The-Sea service station is collecting gift cards and other donations for victims of Central Coast wildfires and…
Continue ReadingGov. Gavin Newsom is in Santa Cruz County Wednesday to survey damage caused by the…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County’s Volunteer Center said that more than 3,000 volunteer shifts have been filled…
Continue ReadingCARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (KION) The Carmel Fire is now 97% contained and weather conditions are helping to reduce fire activity. Cal Fire said there…
Continue ReadingBOULDER CREEK, Calif. (KION) A kilt-wearing Boulder Creek man is being called a hero for staying behind in town to run the gas station for first…
Continue ReadingAfter fires broke out in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, several post offices closed, but one has now…
Continue ReadingOnline applications and renewal requests forms for Santa Cruz County evacuees using the…
Continue ReadingAbout 35,000 people have been told to leave their homes as a result of the CZU August Lightning Complex…
Continue ReadingAn around-the-clock firefight continues in Monterey County. Crews on the River, Carmel and Dolan fires stay on guard, and will until they are fully…
Continue ReadingSCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION) Residents in Scotts Valley are slowly returning after days of being evacuated from their city because of the CZU August…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, helicopters pulled water from the ocean and used it to put out flames that still burn deep in the hills near Julia Pfeiffer Burns State…
Continue ReadingIf you drive down Highway 68, you can’t miss the dozens of signs thanking firefighters. They were placed there by residents from around Monterey…
Continue ReadingSCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION) Thursday afternoon cars poured back into the city of Scotts Valley and the surrounding unincorporated area as soon as…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for three people who were reported…
Continue ReadingA song shared on social media shares the experience of going through wildfires during the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is holding a press conference to provide an update on the…
Continue ReadingCalifornia wildlife authorities have seized thousands of undersized Pismo clams and issued numerous citations to…
Continue ReadingThe Bonny Doon Community Foundation and Bonny Doon School are asking for help replacing technology…
Continue ReadingThree distribution points have opened to help fire evacuees returning…
Continue ReadingTwo more Monterey County parks, Garland Ranch Regional Park and Palo Corona Regional…
Continue ReadingThe California Highway Patrol shared video showing the rescue of a man who attempted to…
Continue ReadingCal Fire has been stressing the importance of staying out of areas evacuated due to…
Continue ReadingMixed in with the devastation, 10 of the homes along Bonny Doon road that still stand are likely because of one of the neighborhood’s own. Mark…
Continue Reading25 homes made up the Fallen Leaf drive neighborhood off Highway 236 in Boulder Creek. Following the flames from the CZU Lightning Complex, the homes…
Continue ReadingIf your home or property was damaged by one of the wildfires, there are ways you can get…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION) The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced aid is on the way for people around California, including…
Continue ReadingGov. Gavin Newsom is expected to provide an update on the state’s response to wildfires and the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) Toro County Park, the base camp for Cal Fire during the River Fire and Carmel Fire, remains closed for public…
Continue ReadingFire crews continue to battle the CZU Complex Fires and as the fire grows in acreage in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties, there are still people who…
Continue ReadingThousands of people were allowed to return home Monday after evacuation orders and warnings were lifted for some areas once blocked off as Central…
Continue ReadingThe eight miles of piping that represent about 50% of the San Lorenzo Valley’s water supply is now completely…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION) Fire crews say “things are looking good in both fires” as they gained control of 43 percent containment in the River Fire.…
Continue ReadingThe Scotts Valley Police Department said it has been overwhelmed by the number of requests for…
Continue ReadingThose holding off on washing ash from wildfires off your car might be in for an unpleasant…
Continue ReadingRestaurants on the Central Coast are offering free meals to evacuees, firefighters, law enforcement and anyone…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County has released a new map showing which properties have been damaged or…
Continue ReadingCal Fire said a total of 330 structures have been destroyed in the CZU August Lightning Complex…
Continue ReadingA stretch of coastline along Highway 1 is in what officials are calling pre-planned evacuation…
Continue ReadingThe Monterey Bay Aquarium is housing more fish and other marine life evacuated from Santa Cruz…
Continue ReadingAs evacuation orders around Monterey County are lifting, owners are connecting with the SPCA to be reunited with their…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office said it is aware of several scams taking…
Continue ReadingBOULDER CREEK, Calif. (KION)–In the midst of heartbreaking destruction came a bittersweet moment for one Central Coast family. As the CZU Lightning…
Continue ReadingThe Long Marine Laboratory at UC Santa Cruz said it has successfully evacuated several animals due to…
Continue ReadingWhen a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week it was feared many…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) Nearly 28,000 people were allowed to return to their homes on Monday in Monterey County. People forced to take shelter…
Continue ReadingEarly damage assessments show the areas destroyed by the Carmel…
Continue ReadingBIG SUR, Calif. (KION-TV) The Dolan fire has devastated the Big Sur Condor Sanctuary. The condor release pen and the cabin for field biologists were…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is trying to find a person accused of stealing a firefighter’s…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Cruz County Office of Education says two school districts and an elementary…
Continue ReadingSeveral post offices are closed in Santa Cruz County due to the CZU Lightning Complex…
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