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 ...

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

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

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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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 ...

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 ...

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has filed new charges in a case involving a father and son from Santa ...

A father and son in Santa Barbara County were arrested this week on suspicion of committing lewd acts against a child, ...