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

Five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges have become a pressing issue in communities ...

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office proudly announces that Chief Investigator Kristina Perkins has ...

Renowned actresses Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jane Fonda joined forces with hundreds of concerned citizens and environmentalists ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:35 p.m. in Santa Barbara County. Coast Fire has been burning on private land. At this ...

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 ...

The latest winter storm to blow through Santa Barbara County dumped a surprising amount of rain March 12-13. Fortunately, it cleared out and cleared up in ...

Only one lane of Northbound Highway 101 along the Nojoqui Grade in Santa Barbara County was open Friday afternoon.

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A tornado touched down in a Los Angeles County neighborhood early Thursday morning, a rare event in Southern California. With ...

Tri-County Produce will close its doors permanently at the end of April, announced owner John Dixon. Located at 335 S. Milpas ...