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In today's newscast, the Santa Cruz City Council approved a five-year roadmap for West Cliff Drive. It's meant to address the current and future effects of erosion and sea level rise. And, the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection is seeking public input on regulations meant to reduce damage to homes in the case of a wildfire. Plus, Carmel Bach Festival artistic director and conductor Grete Pedersen talks to KAZU's Lisa Ledin about the upcoming summer festival.

In today's newscast, residents remain concerned about potential health impacts from the battery fire that broke out in Moss Landing last week. And in Santa Cruz, police are investigating a Monday incident outside the downtown branch of the public library.

A fire at a Moss Landing battery plant has forced evacuations, closed schools and created a traffic nightmare…and was still burning Friday morning.

Power is still out for a handful of customers in historic Capitola Village after an explosion destroyed a small apartment building early on Christmas Day.

4:00pm: A total of three spot fires broke out Saturday morning near the Marina airport. Two of the fires were under an acre and the third was about 49…

Grazing goats have been credited with stopping the spread of wildfires, including the one north of Los Angeles recently that threatened the Ronald Reagan…

We’re learning more and more about the 34 people who are presumed dead after a devastating boat fire in the Channel Islands on Monday morning. Many in the…

The bodies of 20 victims have so far been recovered from the wreckage of a boat that caught fire off California’s Channel Islands Monday morning. The…