It’s unclear how much premiums could go up in the Bay Area or which parts of the region would see the largest rate hikes.

Visitors come ashore on Santa Cruz Island, one of the five Channel Islands.

And all of the ignition points that humans brought in—power lines, heavy equipment, cars, cigarette butts—started more fires than the land was adapted to handle. Southern California’s chaparral needs ...

Marlene Tromp, an English scholar and former provost at UC Santa Cruz, has served as president of Boise State for five years.

Local chefs, restaurants, and even museums are telling the story of Indigenous and colonial histories through food.

Despite leaving some high-fire areas off the map, regulators say the plan is designed specifically to benefit suburban ...

California insurance regulators have "provisionally" approved State Farm's request for a steep rate hike for homeowners following the devasting Los Angeles wildfires. On Friday, Insurance Commissioner ...

A hiker and two young kids who were with them got lost while hiking a remote California trail — as temperatures started to ...

A HIKE AT WILDER RANCH STATE PARK TAKING A SURPRISING ... INVOLVING UNITS FROM CALFIRE, SANTA CRUZ FIRE, STATE PARKS, COAST GUARD, SHERIFF'S OFFICE.. JET SKIES WERE DEPLOYED..

One of the benefits of our recent rain is the rushing waterfalls around the Bay Area including Uvas Canyon County Park in ...

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