Santa Cruz County Statewide Articles

On the heels of a scuttled hospital merger between rivals in Terre Haute, Indiana, a state senator introduced a bill that would forbid similar mergers in the future.

We've all read the stories and seen the images: The life-threatening heat waves. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity. The record-breaking storms washing away entire neighborhoods. The melting glaciers, the rising sea levels, the coastal flooding.

'The hydrants are down,' said one firefighter battling the Palisades Fire, as crews contend with diminished flows from hydrants.

The California Highway Patrol is warning the public to beware of fraudsters posing as “AMBER Alert representatives” offering to “register” children.“They ask for confidential info and to meet at your home,” the CHP said in a post on social media. …

While post-election autopsies vary on why Democrats fared so poorly in November, there is general consensus that a major factor was voter resentment of high inflation in their costs of living.

The impact of the Trump administration's decisions on education and immigration will devour attention in California and beyond as a new year begins.

The Eaton fire is burning near Altadena and Pasadena. Here are evacuation areas and school closures as of Tuesday night.

California schools don’t pay enough to teachers or have the resources to meet the needs of its students, according to a CTA survey of educators.

For dancer, choreographer and teacher Krissy Keefer, 2025 is a big year. It marks five decades since she started the seed of Dance Brigade, her unabashedly feminist contemporary troupe, and 25 years since she landed in San Francisco from Oregon …

A fire that broke out in the foothills near Eaton Canyon around 6:28 p.m. has quickly grown to 400 acres.

Meals on Wheels is putting its Diablo Region headquarters building in Walnut Creek up for sale, the organization announced.The building at 1300 Civic Drive can no longer accommodate the organization, which has added staff and anticipates growing in the future, …

Fearsome winds forced crews to ground firefighting aircraft in the battle against the Palisades fire on Tuesday night.

The Palisades fire reached the grounds of Palisades Charter High School. The fire led to school evacuations elsewhere.

Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a "life-threatening, destructive" windstorm hit Southern California, fanning the blaze seen for miles while roads were clogged with cars as residents tried to …

The debate over the project has played out amid a downturn in the region's entertainment industry, with studios taking their film and television productions elsewhere.

The Getty Villa has caught fire in the wind-driven fire burning out of control in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles Fire Department radio traffic.

Gregg Champion was trying to reach his Pacific Palisades business on Tuesday morning when he was met with flames so intense he could feel their heat and smoke so dense he struggled to breathe.

Matthew Muller, featured in the Netflix documentary "American Nightmare," was charged with another home invasion in the Bay Area, the second time in recent weeks that new crimes have been attributed to the convicted kidnapper.

SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES are adjusting their needs for in-person work spaces as employees refuse to go back to the office.Commercial vacancy rates continue to climb, even though development is making a comeback, according to a December report from Joint Venture …

California used over 350,000 pounds of the potentially harmful substance in a year.