A small hot spot burns in the Loma Mar area by the CZU August Lighting Complex fires on Aug. 25. Photo by Magali Gauthier. The CZU August Lightning Complex fires have been fully contained, as of a ...

Many of the homeowners in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fires chose to walk away. That’s the findings from a grand jury report in Santa Cruz released on Friday. In 2020, a thunderstorm produced ...

17, 2021 how the CZU August Lightning Complex fire damaged Big Basin Redwoods State Park one year ago. Photo by Magali Gauthier. One year after lightning strikes ignited what became the largest ...

As wildfires rage in Southern California, Santa Cruz County officials are urging residents to prepare for wildfire here, even ...