One victim left a chilling Facebook post the day before his body was found next to his friend in a pickup truck. Both men were shot to death, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner.

This week’s unusual and brutal heat wave in California had been expected to cool off starting today, but the forecast was extended early today until 11pm tomorrow.

The secluded retreat has attracted nudists to the Santa Cruz Mountains for nearly 90 years.

The Times profiled 30 people, who talked about their experience with homelessness, part of an effort to illuminate the challenges and occasional mundanity of unhoused people’s lives.

Gillmor wants to build homes on the property he owns with his children—including Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor—and 200 some investors

The proposal consists of $2 million to finish the project's design and construction, which includes a wildlife undercrossing and a trail overcrossing on Highway 17 connecting Santa Cruz and San Jose through the mountains. 

Big Basin Redwoods will undergo a transformation and be back after a massive rebuilding project. But what will it look like?

In an attempt to prevent wildfires, the utility company is removing vegetation from around power lines.

The fires include the CZU Complex, which ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains to become the state’s ninth-most destructive fire.

The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief.

A grand jury report called out several factors that make the Santa Cruz Mountains and surrounding areas particularly vulnerable.

The SCU, CZU and LNU Lightning complexes, River Fire and Carmel Fire have chewed through 892,313 acres across 15 counties.

The fires burning in the mountains south and west of San Jose have pushed 77,000 people to flee from Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties.

Firefighters made significant progress against the SCU Complex in the past day, allowing Cal Fire to ease some evacuation orders.

California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave.

The fires east of Santa Clara Valley have grown to more than 365,000 acres, making it the largest active fire in California.