Santa Cruz County Statewide Articles

After a day of progress in protecting Brentwood and Encino from the Palisades fire, firefighters are bracing for several days of winds.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order suspending portions of the Coastal Act and the California Environmental Quality Act to aid homeowners rebuilding after losses in this month's devastating wildfires.

The mix of urban settings and nature is what we love about this region. This past week we're reminded just how untamed the wilderness is.

Two former heads of FEMA describe the long road ahead for Los Angeles in the wake of devastating wildfires, and in light of political jousting between President-elect Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Times reporter James Rainey ventured back to see if his childhood home in Malibu was still standing, while he reflected on 'Old World Malibu.'

Before the devastating fires burned across Los Angeles, many homeowners learned they were losing their insurance policies. Some faced big increases in premiums that they couldn't afford.

The Palisades and Eaton fires claimed more than 30 significant properties. Preservationists said a large swath of the region's history has been destroyed.

On Christmas Tree Lane, the large cedars lining the road were still draped with old-school holiday lights — but nearly all the homes were ruined.

As firefighters slowly contain the flames that have devastated Los Angeles, pledges to rebuild, stronger and better, are already being offered. But past fires should teach us that recovery is slower and more complicated than most expect.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has named Battalion Chief Dean Crispen as the city’s new fire chief.Lurie, who was sworn in as mayor on Wednesday, had an opening for the leader of the San Francisco Fire Department after former chief …

The Azusa Police Department this weekend arrested a homeless man suspected of setting a brush fire at a park located near the foothills.

The deadly and destructive fires in Los Angeles — which some say could be the costliest in the state’s history — will further strain the insurance market and worsen the financial position of California’s insurer of last resort.Data about Pacific …

The Encino Reservoir is more than 104 years old and for decades supplied water to communities in the San Fernando Valley, But this week, it may well help entire communities in the path of the fire.

Newsom has asked the incoming president to tour damage in his fire-ravaged state.

The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California's prisons.

ON THEIR FIRST opportunity since a new law took effect Jan. 1, seven casino-owning Native American tribes have filed suit in Sacramento County against dozens of California card rooms, opening a new front in one of last year’s most expensive …

As wildfires have raged in Los Angeles County, employers and employees alike have had to confront a difficult balancing act between job obligations and their safety.

Volunteers, working on their own without guidance from governments or groups, do what they can to help fire victims.

Insufficient school funding is hurting California teachers and their students, according to “The State of California Public Schools,” a report from the California Teachers Association released this week. The lack of funding has meant insufficient wages and high health insurance …

Saint Mark's joined at least nine other churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and religious institutions completely destroyed by a series of fires that have ravaged Southern California.