Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews were on scene for a brush fire at Farren Road near Goleta just after 7:00 p.m.

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

Are Santa Barbara fire departments ready if a fast-moving conflagration like the burnovers in Los Angeles take place? At least 29 people lost their lives and nearly 17,000 structures were destroyed ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department transitioned from a high fire season to a winter preparedness level Wednesday allowing for permitted burning within certain areas of the county.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.—It’s been a grueling couple weeks for survivors of the multiple fires setting southern California ablaze. “To lose homes and lives on the scale that we're seeing ...

On Feb. 19, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department transitioned from a High Fire Season to a Winter Preparedness Level. With this transition, the ban on ...

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Over the last few weeks, we've received many questions from community members about the availability of local water sources ...

The SBIFF director sees the need for a celebration of art as Los Angeles, 90 minutes or so to the south of Santa Barbara, begins to recover from devastating wildfires that destroyed large areas of ...