As of Friday morning, the CZU August Lightning Complex fires in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties have charred through 86,509 acres, threatened 7,647 structures and reached 56% containment.

Today, Michael Geluardi still chokes up a little bit when he talks about why sunshine-yellow daffodils bloom in his garden in ...

Wold is not alone. The CZU Lightning Complex fire, which ignited on Aug. 16, 2020, destroyed about 700 homes in Santa Cruz County, before it was fully contained more than a month later.

It was the start of the more than 86,000-acre CZU Lightning Complex Fire that would burn for weeks and destroy nearly 1,500 buildings. While firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the small ...

Gavin Newsom and EPA Administrator Michael Regan listen to Chris Spohrer, superintendent for state parks’ Santa Cruz district, discuss on Aug. 17, 2021 how the CZU August Lightning Complex fire ...

Known affectionately throughout the community as “Bonny Doon Bob,” Piwarzyk was remembered by friends and family as a man of ...

so when the lightning began striking that started the massive CZU Complex inferno, some of the spot fires began near Aldercroft. “And so, while they got those ones out and it never became part of the ...

There is only one way in and out of the Aldercroft Heights neighborhood, so when the lightning began striking ... as a second way out during the CZU Complex fire.,” said Johnston.

The growth of them and how ancient they are,” said Rochon, adding that the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fires ... Sheriff’s Office confirmed that fire crews and deputies were dispatched to ...