A fire sparked by an unusual geological phenomenon occurred near Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara County on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024.
This fire season is more active than the past two years, with recent fires including the now-contained Lake Fire near Los ...
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – The Santa Barbara County Fire Department announces the graduation of 18 dispatchers from the inaugural ...
Fire crews are responding to a vegetation fire near the intersection of Woodstock Road and Long Valley Road northeast of Los Olivos Wednesday.
California, and the Central Coast as a whole, is no stranger to wildfires and this year has been more active than previous years. Despite that, officials gathered at a wildfire symposium in Santa ...
A vegetation fire burned approximately 2 acres in the Santa Ynez Valley on Wednesday before firefighters stopped the forward progress of the blaze.
Four people were injured, two critically, in a collision Saturday near Orcutt involving a big-rig and a sedan, according to ...
SIANTA BARBARA, Calif. - For the second year, dozens of fire agencies met to address wildfire mitigation strategies in Santa Barbara. “Not only this current fire year, but the fire years of the ...
A vegetation fire that erupted on the 1400 Block of Tepusquet Road in the Santa Maria area, now referred to as the Saddle ...
A new population of “highly aggressive” red imported fire ants has infested a private property in Montecito, according to Santa Barbara County officials. The ants are capable of biting and ...
The Lake Fire was reported shortly before 4 p.m. on the 5th and burned in rugged terrain, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Department reports. Size estimates initially grew from about 500 ...