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On Feb. 19, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department transitioned from a High Fire Season to a Winter Preparedness Level. With this transition, the ban on ...

A specialist from t Fire Department has walked all over a large chunk of the city’s north side and tied thousands of tags to piñon and juniper trees in recent months, envisioning a new landscape. A ...

The Santa Monica Police Department has made three arrests in connection with the fatal stabbing that occurred over the ...

A car's engine compartment caught fire and was successfully put out without any injuries Monday morning in a self-parking ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. –Two people were hurt in a house fire in Santa Maria Sunday morning. The Santa Maria Fire Department ...

Rainstorms earlier this month prompted Santa Barbara County officials to declare an end to High Fire Season and allowed ...

Senior living facility resident Dorothy Benesh, 97, was left behind in the Eaton fire. Her son says she would have died if he ...

Local firefighters — along with friends, family and supporters — were invited to a night out to honor their heroic efforts.

A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the ...

Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long ...