A new wildfire was reported today at 11:20 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Range Fire has been burning on federal land managed ...

Initial location: Santa Barbara County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, called Pine Canyon, was initiated today at 3:01 p.m. in ...

Malibu, Los Angeles County Beaches, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast were ...

All areas of Santa Barbara County benefitted from a good soaking from this week’s storms, and more wet weather is in the ...

Panelists spoke about recovery efforts, as well as what needs to be done to help recovery for the critically endangered fish.

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Is the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Prepared for the Next Epidemic?” Another epidemic in Santa Barbara ...

Malibu, Los Angeles County Beaches, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast and ...

A line of rain capable of producing damaging wind gusts were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of Nipomo to 9 ...

Another rainy system arrives Friday morning bringing light to moderate and steady rain across the region for a few hours ...

On Wednesday, the 2024-2025 Santa Barbara County Grand Jury issued a report of its findings and recommendations regarding ...

Santa Barbara County is projecting that there will be an $11.9 million budget surplus by the end of the fiscal year. At a ...