Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself.

February is turning into a busy month for healthcare workers treating people who are sick. "It's a bad flu and there's a lot ...

Three people died in avalanches Monday — one person near Lake Tahoe and two backcountry skiers in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.

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"California’s Central Coast region, including Monterey Bay, has a Mediterranean climate characterized by mild, wet winters ...

Santa Cruz County’s fishing industry is in crisis. For generations, local fishers have relied on catching Dungeness crab in ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in the ...

Anemic hauls of Dungeness crab early in the season are the latest setback for California's commercial crab industry, which ...

Rescuers spent nearly 12 hours in extreme weather and rugged terrain to save a hiker at Andrew Molera State Park in Monterey ...

As expected, the Bay Area took a pounding of wet and windy weather overnight and into Thursday from the latest winter storm ...

Heavy rain from the latest atmospheric river triggered flood warnings in several Bay Area counties and evacuations in Santa Cruz County Thursday.