Santa Cruz Mountains

Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech workers who live in the wooded community just 20 miles from…

The U.S. Geological Survey published 103 photographs from the aftermath of the Loma Prieta quake — named after the Loma Prieta peak, the earthquake’s epicenter in the Santa Cruz Mountains — on their website in 1999, hoping to give people a glimmer of the chaos and destruction that ultimately took 63 lives and closed the Bay Bridge for a month...

After widespread rain soaked the Bay Area Tuesday, more wet weather is in store Wednesday — this time in the form of scattered showers.

The first significant storm system of the season made its way across the Bay Area Tuesday, soaking the region with much-needed rain but also triggering a host of hazards, ranging from high winds to powerful waves.

Thanks to easing winds, firefighters have doubled the containment of a destructive wildfire burning in Northern California’s wine country.

Located deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains in an area known as The Forest of Nisene Marks is the actual epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. To get there, you need to bike or hike a combined 1.4 miles. In this episode of our digital series ‘Hey Abbey’ our Digital Correspondent Abbey Fernández and Photographer Michael Horn journey...

With a looming red flag warning that is set to begin at 9 p.m. Monday, communities across the Bay Area are hyper-focused on fire prevention. In Santa Clara County, that includes efforts to clear brush in neighborhoods that are considered at risk.

Firefighters in Santa Clara County are preparing to clear out dry brush that can fuel fires to nearby neighborhoods as a red flag warning is issued through the Bay Area. Damian Trujillo reports.

A new trail that opened Friday near Woodside is the final phase of an 18-year watershed protection program by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.

Fire crews on Tuesday were battling a brush fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains northeast of Boulder Creek, according to Cal Fire.

The latest summer heat wave to hit the Bay Area has triggered a heat advisory for interior parts of the region through Thursday night, according to weather officials.

Record temperatures in the East Bay knocked out power in parts of Danville, Alamo and Walnut Creek on Wednesday, and for some it was a problem that continued well into the night. Jeff Ranieri and Cheryl Hurd report.

Castle Rock State Park opened a new 33-acre entrance Thursday that is environmentally sensitive, accessible and features many new amenities, according to the Sempervirens Fund, a nonprofit that buys, protects and restores forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

We’ll be warming up into the weekend. Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri tracks when 90s return in your Microclimate Forecast.

After a cool few weeks in the Bay Area, residents should anticipate a serious warm-up this weekend with some places expected to see highs in the 90s and even the low 100s.

Chickens, moon cycles, herbal tea and a bull’s horn. What might sound like the ingredients in a witch’s brew is the newest trend in winemaking as Bay Area vintners embrace biodynamics as a way to ween off pesticides in favor of natural methods for grape growing.

Chickens. Moon cycles. Herbal Tea and a bull’s horn. What might sound like the ingredients in a witch’s brew is the newest trend in winemaking as Bay Area vintners embrace biodynamics as a way to ween off pesticides in favor of natural methods for grape growing. Joe Rosato Jr.

The seven most destructive wildfires in California history have all happened in the last 10 years.

The seven most destructive wildfires in California history have all happened in the last 10 years. Marianne Favro reports.

A multi-vehicle injury crash Thursday shut down northbound Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to the California Highway Patrol.