Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California.

Santa Barbara County residents who own property in a former Recovery Map High Hazard Area (HHA) for flooding may no longer need permitting review from the ...

A Huey helicopter in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years is leaving for a Chico area museum. It flew in the Vietnam War.

A law enforcement response is underway in the cul-de-sac of East Sunset Avenue off of Kensington Avenue in Santa Maria Wednesday.

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Firefighters battling the Gifford Fire will continue backfiring operations on Wednesday in the Garcia Wilderness in an ...

A 36-year-old Santa Ynez man was killed Sunday evening in a solo motorcycle crash on Canada Este Road in the Santa Ynez ...

A pair of brothers have been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman in Santa Maria late Saturday night, Santa Barbara County ...

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner has suspended service north of the Goleta station since August 1, due to reconstruction work on the 127-year-old La Cañada Honda bridge. During the disruption, LOSSAN Rail ...

SpaceX has been attempting to launch a Falcon 9 rocket since Saturday, Aug. 9 to deploy internet-beaming Starlink satellites from Vandenberg.

For the first time, there's a map of the nation's cattle and hog feeding operations, and it shows Tulare County has more than ...

Residents near Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Montecito home, who live in Santa Barbara, California, are "alarmed" at the ...