It’s Saturday afternoon and downtown Santa Cruz is wildly alive. Crosswalks and sidewalks are teeming with folks carrying bags filled with retail goodies. A line spills out of the ice cream shop.

Witness the August 2023 Lahaina fires that killed many more ... lightning strikes set off fires driven by strong wind in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That many residents who lost homes in that ...

Senate Republicans backed a Wednesday effort from Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Cruz has unsuccessfully tried to disassemble the agency in the ...

Kennedy. One is heavily redacted. The other includes references to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the Zodiac killer and a former Democratic presidential candidate.“I tried to tell Cruz not to do it ...

Fast-moving Santa Ana winds – some as powerful as a hurricane – have been roaring across Southern California and feeding the wildfires firefighters are battling in the Los Angeles area.

Damaging winds, downed trees, power outages and raging wildfires. Santa Ana winds can lead to all of these and more, potentially leading to life-threatening conditions. Knowing what Santa Ana ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday heavily criticized President Biden’s decision to remove Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list. “Today’s decision is unacceptable on its merits ...

The dramatic Chicago Fire winter premiere left fans shocked with a cliffhanger. Much good news began the new episode, including Herrmann and Mouch getting promoted. Herrmann got to run the team as ...

AND OF COURSE, ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY’LL BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE RETURN OF THE SANTA ANA WINDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. KELLY CURRAN JOINS US NOW FROM THE ...

Joe Miñoso warned that his Chicago Fire character, Joe Cruz, “will not be unscathed” after his run-in with Junior in the show’s midseason premiere. “He’s not really thinking much about ...

After a brief break on Sunday afternoon, another prolonged round of gusty Santa Ana winds is expected to develop, forecasters say. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times ...