Both quakes struck near San Martin; the first one was recorded at 12:35 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Family, friends and firefighting colleagues of Steve Ramirez gathered at Twin Lakes Church in Aptos on Friday for a memorial ...

Evie Kinkead, a junior at Aptos High School, pitched this story about a project she spearheaded to help monarch butterfly ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday with the intent to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports. Aptos Olympian Nikki Hiltz took to social media to show ...

A devastated California family has slammed a modular home builder company that left the site in ruins after promising to make 'Ikea-home' in four months.

Atmospheric rivers, also described as "rivers in the sky," cause more than 80 percent of all flooding damage across the West ...

Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the ...

California State Parks plans to resume prescribed pile-burning in the northern portion of the Forest of Nisene Marks State ...

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Read about what Santa Cruz County health officials want you to know about bird flu in the county and how to keep safe.