Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Benevolent Posse (SBCSBP) has awarded two college scholarships, each valued at $2,500, to ...

Sheriff Robert Luna said 179,783 people are under evacuation orders due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires in Los ...

California wildfires live updates: Total deaths still unknown, L.A. County sheriff says; some areas look ‘like a bomb was ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office introduced their fluffiest new recruits to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors last Tuesday, January 7. Obi and Draco were walked in by their ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Thanks to community contributions, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department now has two new K-9s. The German Shepherd dogs were introduced to the Board of ...

Evacuations ordered near Los Angeles as wind-driven wildfire threatens remote communities. Stay updated on the Hughes Fire.

More than 31,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and another 23,000 are under evacuation warnings, LA County Sheriff ... Santa Ana wind event. LA County public health director Barbara ...

Scholarships are awarded yearly to members of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Explorers Program. The scholarship recipients of the 2024-25 academic year through the Scholarship Foundation of ...

Stay informed about the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California. Find out the latest updates on the wildfire and evacuation orders.

According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, the 45-year-old was confirmed as the man who was found in the area between Leadbetter Beach and Shoreline Park by witnesses Tuesday morning.

Federal ICE officers were active in Oxnard Monday and Tuesday, according to police, while a nonprofit reported arrests around ...

Los Angeles County Fire has already requested mutual aid from Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ... Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said that two arrests were made ...