Kevin Baird’s home, located up against Carpinteria’s foothills, was immensely overgrown when Baird and his wife, Donna, ...

A high risk of “significant flooding, debris flows, or landslides” has been identified for the properties under an evacuation ...

The County of Santa Barbara Emergency Operations Center has upgraded a Tuesday afternoon evacuation warning for areas within ...

Update by the edhat staff 2:00 p.m., An EVACUATION ORDER has been issued for the identified properties associated with the ...

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An Evacuation Warning has been issued for areas within and near the Lake Fire burn scar effective 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to a storm expected on ...

A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa Clara River and Highway 126. The blaze was first reported shortly before 7 p.m. in the 600 block of Acacia Road.

Authorities warned that extremely critical fire conditions will continue Wednesday as an on-and-off windstorm kicks back up overnight. Last week, intense Santa Ana winds gusted up to 80 to 100 mph in ...