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 ...

The fire burned 4,176 acres as of Saturday morning, according to Cal Fire.

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 ...

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 / ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 6:28 a.m. in in Santa Barbara County, California. Coast Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the U.S. Department of Defence. At this time, the ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said that a reported package explosion at a UPS Store in Carpinteria on Monday afternoon was caused by a fire extinguisher. The sheriff first reported the ...

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

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) - Public alerts and prevention were top of mind when the Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council met with officials from Southern California Edison in a debriefing session.

The Sta. Rita Hills Wine Alliance will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a reimagined spring tasting event, “Wine & Fire: On the Road,” on April 18 in Santa Barbara. Lisa André covers lifestyle and ...