The current portion of a controversial overhaul of Santa Fe Drive near San Dieguito High School Academy is nearly done and ...

The bread is here to stay. Pascucci Italian restaurant, one of Santa Barbara's mainstays for more than 30 years, has found a ...

California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this month.

California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of ...

If you already had plans to move to the West Coast, the recent wildfires are a valid reason to hesitate. According to the ...

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Dr. David Tilman receives U.S.’s highest scientific honor for his discoveries about the importance of Earth’s biodiversity.

Santa Barbara County’s new American Medical Response contract raises ambulance rates 35% compared with last year, reportedly making them some of the ...

Parts of San Bernardino, Santa Barbara ... endures a wildfire is more prone to mudslides and floods in the weeks and months following, due to the burn scars left behind. The current flood risk ...

Despite that past, or maybe because of it, Hertz bought his current combustible ­property in ... and the gazebo with the views all the way to Santa Barbara. In the end, the Palisades Fire didn’t reach ...

An arson suspect was arrested on suspicion of starting four separate fires across the city of Santa Monica earlier this month, police said Wednesday. Marco Antonio Rubio, 36, is accused of the ...