Corralitos News Archives

Calmer winds and heavy fog brought some much-needed relief Friday morning to firefighters working to rein in a wildfire that quickly consumed a dozen buildings in the Santa Cruz Mountains a day earlier.

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Fire investigators, after slavishly combing the Santa Cruz Mountains, believe they have pinpointed the spot where the treacherous Summit fire was sparked: an empty lot in the woods along Summit Road, near where ...

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Manzanita brush goes up in flames as the wind-driven Summit Fire whipped through the Santa Cruz Mountains Thursday afternoon, charring 3,100 acres.

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Residents of Ormsby Cutoff Road, the area near the top of Eureka Canyon where the Summit Fire destroyed the most homes, spent Thursday questioning how fire crews responded to the fire.

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AP Photo A sign to firefighters is left at an evacuated house near the fire line in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.

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Hugo Zazzara leaned against the brick wall of the Corralitos Market & Sausage Co.

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A wind-whipped brush fire raged out of control in the Santa Cruz mountains near Mount Madonna Road Thursday, quickly growing to more than 2,500 acres, burning structures and cars, forcing the evacuations of ...

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There is a major fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains . The latest information is that the fire has crested and is now moving west towards Corralitos.

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At least 500 acres have burned near Mount Madonna County Park about 10 miles west of Gilroy.

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The three candidates gunning for the 2nd District county supervisor seat agree that the Pajaro Valley water supply is the most critical issue facing the area.

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Hot sun, big hats and lots of women. That was the scene at the Down to Earth Women Luncheon at Driscoll's Rancho Corralitos on Thursday.

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Watsonville's new courthouse had yet another first Tuesday. The 6th District Court of Appeals, which serves the Santa Cruz County area, heard oral arguments in three local cases at the new court facility ... via Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Amelia Hubert died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. She was 86. via Register-Pajaronian

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“What we need is an HOV lane, which is a high-occupancy vehicle lane”

A carpool lane on Highway 1, part of a plan that narrowly failed to muster needed votes earlier this year, appears to have the support of all three candidates for District 2 of the Santa Cruz County Board of ... via Register-Pajaronian

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Tidal Run to benefit school New Brighton Middle School will host its second annual 5k Tidal Fun Run at New Brighton State Beach at 9 a.m. Saturday, with registration beginning at 8 a.m. Proceeds will go toward ... via Santa Cruz Sentinel

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