On Tuesday at 11:16 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flash flood watch valid from Thursday 10 a.m. until Friday ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday reluctantly approved a four-year exclusive contract for ambulance ...

The endangered fish were successfully relocated to Santa Barbara County after ash and debris from the Palisades Fire fouled ...

In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new service agreement between ambulance provider AMR and the county despite major pushback from firefighters.

County emergency managers issued an evacuation warning for the Lake Fire burn area due to a storm arriving Wednesday that could result in flooding and ...

ORCUTT, Calif. - An Orcutt woman says someone stole her mail, and now she fears her personal information is ...

Santa Barbara County started drying out Friday after back-to-back rain storms. Skies should be mostly sunny through the ...

Conservationists plan to appeal the project on an undeveloped slice of the Gaviota Coast currently zoned for 71 homesites.

Santa Maria Police Department officers arrested a man following an incident Sunday at 10:46 p.m. when he assaulted a family ...

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Roger Durling can't conceal his excitement for the 40th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF ...

On Monday at 1:28 p.m. a flash flood watch was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA valid from Thursday 10 a.m. until ...