In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

Multiple weather alerts were in effect Thursday due to heavy bursts of rain hitting Santa Barbara County. The National ...

A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

An evacuation order has been issued, available in English and Spanish, for parts of the Lake Fire burn scar and nearby ...

County emergency managers issued an evacuation order for some properties in the Lake Fire burn area due to a storm arriving ...

On Tuesday, an evacuation warning was issued for areas within and near the Lake Fire burn scar as an incoming storm is ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct prescribed pile burns along Paradise Road today and tomorrow, as conditions allow. Prescribed fires typically burn less intensely than ...

We need these facilities,” said Assemblywoman Dawn Addis, a Democrat from Morro Bay, where voters in November rejected an ...

Rain bringing possible flooding and risks of debris flows near the burn scar of last year's Airport Fire​ led to Orange County officials announcing Wednesday that evacuation warnings for those areas ...

Gusty winds during Thursday's storm downed trees and power lines in spots. A possible weak tornado pummeled an Oxnard mobile home park, minor flooding was reported in the Thousand Oaks area, and rocks ...

Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County ... after a massive fire last month at one of the largest battery storage plants in the world — Moss Landing in Monterey County — caused ...

"Heavy rain over the burn scars could trigger life-threatening and damaging flooding and debris flows," the National Weather ...