Several northbound lanes of Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz mountains were closed for hours after a big rig caught on fire.

Home security video shows a mountain lion in a Santa Cruz Mountains neighborhood walking away with a cat in its jaws and residents who want to scare the cougar off say they don't have many options.

the Santa Cruz Mountains and the North Bay Interior Mountains and expected to gust as high as 50 mph, according to the weather service. “We’re going to be keeping this pattern through maybe ...

The Santa Cruz Mountain range has long been a region for growing Burgundy grape varieties but fell off the radar in recent decades. Now, a new generation of winemakers is leading a revolution that ...