Cal Fire manages these public lands (including the Soquel State Demonstration Forest off Highland Way), which span 85,000 acres and 10 counties,” writes Evan Mills in a Guest ...

Production in Mexico has gone from about 264,172 gallons in 2010 to more than 2.9 million gallons in 2024, according to COMERCAM, the country’s mezcal regulatory body. Nearly all is produced in Oaxaca ...

Riverside firefighters battled a large fire at a lumber yard on Monday afternoon, which quickly engulfed dozens of pallets as flames were fueled by strong winds in the area.

In Linda Rosewood’s lengthy debut novel, “A Circle Outside,” set in a witchy women’s commune in Santa Cruz in the 1980s, not ...

Fire crews rescued a driver in their 70s after a vehicle veered off a highway in Santa Cruz County and went down an embankment, fire officials said Monday night. The crash was reported around 7:45 p.m ...

Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions ...

Defense attorneys presented evidence that the primary shooting victim was reaching for a firearm before gunfire rang out, and ...

On Wednesday, jurors at the Santa Cruz County courthouse found Joshua Camps, 29, guilty of kidnapping, burglary and first-degree murder, according to KRON-TV. Atre, who was the ​​founder and CEO of ...

Also check out Empty Nest and All the Rest: A one-man comedy show by Clay Hausmann on the Santa Cruz Patch calendar ...

March 12, 2025 - OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), opposing a request by ...

Santa Cruz residents clash with PG&E over vegetation management program. It aims reduce wildfire risks by removing trees near powerlines.