Under the new ordinance, the equipment must be located as close as feasible to shared property lines between adjacent lots, ...

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to purchase new extrication equipment. Known as the “jaws of life,” first responders use ...

The Santa Barbara Film Festival sets robust world premiere program and pledges to help with Los Angeles wildfire relief.

More rain could finally end Southern California's fire season as Pacific Coast Highway reopens for the first time in weeks.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department rescued a mother and her two children who were caught by high tide at Gaviota Beach ...

A California trooper rushed toward a burning plane crash just in time to save the injured pilot before it exploded, dramatic video shared by the California Highway Patrol shows.

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad ...

Two men were seriously injured Saturday afternoon when their vehicle plunged over the side of Gibraltar Road in the mountains ...

By Harrison Tasoff Santa Barbara’s year-round sunshine and good weather make it an attractive tourist destination and a ...

A kitchen fire that ignited in an apartment on the 700 block of Camino Del Sur in Isla Vista was swiftly managed on Friday ...

The panel featured local experts on fire and emergency management, alongside representatives from the county board of ...

While less than half of the more than 30,000 claims have been even partially paid, the damages have already exceeded four billion dollars.