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California has a state park so under the radar that you could live in the Bay Area your entire life and never hear about it.

A dumpster fire broke out in the Almar Shopping Center Tuesday afternoon. There were no injuries or any significant damage, ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:45 a.m. at in Santa Cruz County, California. Maplethorpe Ln Soquel Fire has been ...

Eight people, including three children, were displaced early Tuesday morning after a garage fire broke out at a home in Santa Cruz, fire officials said. The Santa Cruz Fire Department said crews were ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Fire Department responded to a midnight structure fire off Ocean Street Tuesday morning, displacing eight occupants. The fire broke out around 12:24 a.m. in a home garage ...