The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council (SBCFSC) will start its Neighborhood Chipping Program, beginning April 6. The initiative supports local residents in creating defensible space around their ...

A winter of heavy rains has triggered something rare across California’s inland hills — a fleeting and brilliant “superbloom” of wildflowers. Now, a growing number of campers are trying to stack the ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 12:24 p.m. at in Santa Barbara County, California. Olivos Inc Fire has been burning on ...

Editor’s Note: County Office of Emergency Services (OEM) states the Community Hazard Awareness Map was developed between 2019 and 2021; several of the risk maps have evolved since then. OEM is working ...

Firefighters put out an eight-acre vegetation fire near the 2100 block of Aliso Canyon Road, southwest of New Cuyama ...

Fire crews tackled a house fire just before 7:00 p.m. in Santa Barbara on Monday at the 1600 block of Overlook Lane. Your ...

One person suffered minor injuries in a house fire on Frazier Lane. Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of ...

Santa Barbara City firefighters search the apartment building for fire extension. Four of the six units had fire damage from flames or smoke, Battalion Chief Jon Turner said. Credit: Peter Hartmann / ...

Santa Barbara County has many of the ingredients needed for walking, cycling and other forms of active transportation: great weather, relatively flat city centers, walkable streets and a robust and ...

California sued the Trump administration Monday to block what it says is an unprecedented power grab: using emergency ...

The Santa Barbara City Council is considering a proposal to impose a new transfer tax on high-value property sales as the City looks for ways to address a growing budget gap. Under the proposal, ...