Santa Cruz County Statewide Articles

His family thinks Mark Shterenberg, 80, 'was trying to protect everything that he built for his family.'

Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto is charging two men in their mid-40s with breaking the 6 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew established on Jan. 9 in the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires.

If I'm watching my community go up in flames, I'd prefer that officials focus on putting out the fires before starting one at City Hall

It takes 60- to 80-mph winds for the company to shut down transmission lines. CEO Steve Powell said it didn't see winds that powerful.

The search is on for a temporary home for fire-damaged Palisades Charter High School as school leaders grapple with ramping up an interim online program.

CAMPBELL MAYOR SERGIO LOPEZ never wanted to be in the spotlight. He’s the son of Mexican immigrants who migrated to Campbell from Michoacán, speaking little English. After his parents lost their restaurant and had to foreclose on their home during …

Musician Marc Capelle is in the lineup of 10 artists joining a Porchlight storytelling session at a Jan. 17 SF Sketchfest show at the Great American Music Hall. (Courtesy Lenny Gonzalez) SF Sketchfest bounty: San Francisco’s annual comedy explosion known …

Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most intense and complicated airborne firefights in U.S. history.

A mother waited weeks to take her toddler to the hospital with severe burns.

L.A. County officials have been assessing homes in the path of the Palisades and Eaton fires. Maps, still in progress, have photos of the homes and damage estimates.

This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is becoming banal.

Sixteen tenants at 2627 California Street, Berkeley now cooperatively own their 12-unit apartment complex after a year-long struggle to keep their homes.The architecture of the building is U-shaped, with inward-facing apartments that frame a common garden. The multi-generational multi-family occupants …

The brothers were stranded for days deep in the remote, mountainous forest.

People and businesses affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles will qualify for state disaster tax relief, the governor's office announced.

THIS YEAR, CALIFORNIA law will prevent public libraries and prisons from arbitrarily banning books.As an African American who has spent the majority of my life in prison, I know what it’s like not to be allowed to read a book. …

A federal judge in Oakland has postponed a hearing on Elon Musk’s attempt to prevent OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models, from shedding its status as a nonprofit corporation. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gonzalez Rogers pushed …

Tenant advocates — and even some landlord groups — are calling for authorities to crack down on rent gouging in the wake of devastating fires. Some property owners, however, appear unfazed.

The arson attacks were in response to the treatment of pro-Palestine protesters.

Tiger Woods and other golfers — Max Homa, Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala — with SoCal roots are following the fire in Pacific Palisades, where next month's Genesis Invitational is scheduled.

HOUSING AND BUSINESS developers in San Jose avoid building public improvements by paying fees to the city, but this often leads to infrastructure projects slowing to a crawl.Developers are typically responsible for building necessary infrastructure as part of residential and …