Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California.

The seventh annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day expands farm locations allowing greater access to the public.

It has burned 122,065 acres after being active for 11 days, an increase of 1,286 acres since the last update. A fire crew of 4,806 has been working on site and, as of Tuesday morning, they managed to ...

A Huey helicopter in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years is leaving for a Chico area museum. It flew in the Vietnam War.

Fire personnel from the Sacramento area are being deployed to Santa Barbara County to help with the response to a rapidly ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Multiple fire crews in the Sacramento area are going down to Southern California to help fight the ...

High-speed internet projects are one step closer to reality in nine rural Santa Barbara County communities following the completion ...

Officials said 9-1-1 phone lines to dispatch centers are down across Santa Barbara County Tuesday and shared alternative ways to contact emergency ...

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner has suspended service north of the Goleta station since August 1, due to reconstruction work on the 127-year-old La Cañada Honda bridge. During the disruption, LOSSAN Rail ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is experiencing a countywide phone outage that is affecting 911 service.

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has appointed David Bishop to chair of its Board of Trustees. Having guided multi-billion-dollar organizations through periods of growth, innovation and ...

UC Regents named Dennis Assanis to be the UC Santa Barbara chancellor. The former University of Delaware president replaces former Chancellor Henry T. Yang, who stepped down this month.