Former Fire Marshal Rob Hazard cites fire risks and inadequate infrastructure in appeal to the County Planning Commission.

A new prescribed burn, named Painted Cave, was initiated today at 1:34 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. The ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council presents the winning works from its second annual Wildfire Art Contest.

Owen Roy 'Nugget' Aylesworth Owen Roy "Nugget" Aylesworth, a Santa Barbara resident for 90 years, and member of the Santa ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara City Fire put out a kitchen fire at 619 Kentia Avenue just after 2:00 p.m. Friday. Four fire engines, a ladder truck and an ambulance all saw heavy smoke from the ...

Thanks to mutual aid fire crews from up and down the coast helped fight the Palisades and Eaton Fires that began a year ago ...

The rescue of three individuals trapped in chest-high water in the Santa Ynez River during the recent storms was reported by ...

According to a post on X, at around 8:57 p.m., Santa Barbara County Fire crews responded to a single-family home fire contained to two rooms. The fire was contained to two rooms and knocked down by ...

A single-family, two-story home with a two-car garage caught fire on Saturday afternoon in Santa Barbara. A resident was home at the time and discovered the blaze. When firefighters arrived, they ...