The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is planning to conduct prescribed pile burns along Paradise road this week.

Along Paradise Road, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct a series of pile burns this week help ...

Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest ...

Santa Barbara City Fire crews responded to a report of a structure fire at 827 State St., which houses several businesses, at 2:42 p.m. When crews arrived at the scene, they did not see any signs ...

GOLETA, Calif. – Firefighters were at the Ritz Carlton Bacara on Hollister Avenue for an electrical fire Monday. According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, employees noticed sparking ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from ... All told, the size of these orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware. That’s ...

Range Fire initially started 11:20 a.m. March 12 in Santa Barbara County. After being active for 21 hours, it has burned 14.2 acres. By Thursday morning, the fire crew has achieved full ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new prescribed burn, named Painted Cave, was initiated today at 9:45 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. The prescribed fire has been burning on private land.