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‘The land was reset, it’s barren’: In fire-scarred Santa Cruz Mountains, Boulder Creek man survived mostly on water for 10 days
Instead of birds chirping, Lukas McClish woke up to two or three black hummingbirds trying to get into his hair every morning while he spent 10 days lost in the woods near the Santa Cruz Mountains. McClish, a 34-year-old man from Boulder Creek, was reported missing on June 16 after...
Power pole fire closes Hwy 9 north of Boulder Creek, causing outage in area
A collision set a power pole on fire on state Highway 9 in Santa Cruz County Thursday afternoon, causing the highway to be shut down north of Boulder Creek.Drivers were asked by the California Highway Patrol to avoid Highway 9 at Fern Drive in a message on the social media site X at about 12:45 p.m. Authorities later confirmed that the fire was caused by a solo vehicle collision into the pole that caused minor injuries. As of around 2:30 p.m., one-way traffic controls were in place.About 650 PG&E customers lost power in the area at about 12:30 p.m., but the cause was not yet confirmed, according to PG&E's live outage map. As of 1:10 p.m., there was no estimate for when power would be restored.
Gov. Gavin Newsom commends CHP officers involved in 2020 Ben Lomond firefight for valor
BEN LOMOND — On a summer Saturday afternoon, two Santa Cruz County-based California Highway Patrol officers were among those who responded to a call for “shots fired” and soon found themselves locked in a firefight for their life on a remote mountain road. Four years later, CHP...
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