Nicholas Ibarra
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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‘It’s going to happen’: Mudslides threaten fire-scorched mountains
Rainfall on steep slopes burned clear of vegetation raises serious threat: Mudslides that could wash away homes, put lives at risk and prompt further evacuations. → Read More
CZU Lightning Complex: Full containment expected by end of week
A wildfire that torched hundreds of homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains is expected to be fully contained by Sunday, according Cal Fire. → Read More
Fire recovery strategy takes shape in Santa Cruz County
As the smoke clears, local officials are set to consider a range of strategies to help families who lost homes to flames navigate the complex process of rebuilding. → Read More
San Lorenzo Valley Water District rebuilds after ‘most expensive disaster in history’
Emergency repairs are underway after a historic fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains wreaked havoc on the San Lorenzo Valley’s water infrastructure. → Read More
COVID-19: More establishments can open indoors as Santa Cruz County moves from purple tier to red
Restaurants, gyms, museums, movie theaters, churches and some other establishments can once again open their — literal — doors to small numbers of patrons as Santa Cruz County took a si… → Read More
Watsonville grapples with fate of George Washington bust
Amid a national reckoning over the legacy of historical figures, a small bust in the Watsonville’s City Plaza has emerged as a local lightning rod. → Read More
Grandson arrested in Twin Lakes homicide
Authorities said an 80-year-old man was found fatally stabbed in a Twin Lakes home Tuesday evening, and his grandson is suspected in his death. → Read More
CZU Lightning Complex: No clear timetable for lifting remaining evacuations
Firefighters may have turned a corner in battling an unprecedented blaze in the Santa Cruz Mountains, but thousands of residents anxious to return to their properties could still face a long road a… → Read More
‘The houses are a part of us’: In Boulder Creek, an evacuated town assesses what flames took and what remains
One was home to Andrew Wilson since he was brought there after his birth nearly four decades ago. It was where he still lived, returning as an adult while enrolled in nursing school to live with hi… → Read More
CZU Complex fire: Lightning never strikes, ‘small wins’ add up in Santa Cruz Mountains firefight
Sunday night an evacuation warning was issued for parts of Santa Clara County, but it was done out of an abundance of caution given the weather forecast → Read More
CZU Complex fire: Lightning never strikes, ‘small wins’ add up in Santa Cruz Mountains firefight
Sunday night an evacuation warning was issued for parts of Santa Clara County, but it was done out of an abundance of caution given the weather forecast → Read More
As Santa Cruz County’s Bonny Doon burns, defiant residents refuse to give up fight for ‘Battle Mountain’
Scores of people remain, claiming success at saving homes; fire officials insist the amateur brigades are in over their heads and put lives at risk → Read More
As Santa Cruz County’s Bonny Doon burns, defiant residents refuse to give up fight for ‘Battle Mountain’ – The Mercury News
Scores of people remain, claiming success at saving homes; fire officials insist the amateur brigades are in over their heads and put lives at risk → Read More
As Bonny Doon burns, defiant residents refuse to give up the fight for ‘Battle Mountain’
BONNY DOON — Residents up here call it “Battle Mountain.” And despite evacuation orders and condemnation from fire and law enforcement officials, scores of Bonny Doon locals and their s… → Read More
Santa Cruz cities prepare for fire arrival
Preparing for the worst-case scenario, the City of Santa Cruz activated its emergency operations center Friday morning. → Read More
Evacuations extend to Santa Cruz city limits as fires grow to 25,000 acres
Additional evacuations were ordered for areas of Alba Road, Hubbard Gulch and Fanning Grade. Evacuations are also ordered for areas west of Highway 9 to Empire Grade and south from Bear Creek Road … → Read More
‘Second pandemic’: Santa Cruz County declares racism a public health crisis
Santa Cruz County declared racism a public health crisis Tuesday, becoming the latest jurisdiction to voice a commitment to doing more to address disparate health outcomes observed in the current p… → Read More
Santa Cruz County to close beaches for Labor Day weekend
SANTA CRUZ — Beach closures are coming back to Santa Cruz County this Labor Day weekend as officials decide to take another crack at keeping crowds off the sand. Beaches will be closed from 5… → Read More
UCSC agrees to reinstate 41 grad students fired during wildcat strike
Dozens of UC Santa Cruz teaching assistants fired during a wildcat strike can now be reinstated under an agreement between the administration and the graduate students’ union. Reached Aug. 7, the s… → Read More
COVID-19: Santa Cruz Metro, Staff of Life report employee cases
SANTA CRUZ — Bus service remains unaffected after transit agency Santa Cruz Metro confirmed its first COVID-19 case involving an employee. The case was announced to the transit agency’s staff… → Read More