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The wind-driven fires quickly grew beyond the capacity of the Los Angeles crews on hand — here, the county has 16 fire ...

In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new service agreement between ambulance provider AMR and the county despite major pushback from firefighters.

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

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to purchase new jaws-of-life extrication ...

Roger Durling can’t conceal his excitement for the 40 th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF director sees the need for a celebration of art as Los Angeles ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:59 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Marcos Fire has been burning on private land. There ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Fire Department personnel helped with a rollover car crash around 3:00 p.m. on Milpas St. near Jenining Ave. Friday afternoon. A gray Toyota RAV4 ...