A wind advisory was released by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Monday at 1:30 a.m. valid from 6 p.m. until Tuesday 3 a.m.

Salud Carbajal seeks to designate more than 280,000 acres of Santa Barbara County as wilderness to grant highest federal ...

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New evacuation orders are in effect in San Luis Obispo County in the area of Pozo Road, Santa Margarita Lake, Parkhill Road ...

Southern California's prolonged heat wave is finally forecast to let up by Wednesday, but elevated temperatures will continue ...

Santa Barbara County prosecutors have charged a woman in a suspected fraud scheme targeting an elderly victim. Caihong Lei, 34, is charged with multiple felonies, including conspiracy to commit theft ...

The Santa Barbara Foundation has officially become the fiscal sponsor for the Santa Barbara Reading Coalition, marking a significant step in advocating ...

A Heat Advisory is in effect inland for the Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara county mountains with temperatures scorching into the 80s and triple digits.

Some Californians may experience sonic booms or see streaks across the sky as SpaceX launches a rocket on Aug. 11, one of ...

Industry advocates insist a proposed fee that could be charged to consumers at wineries isn’t ‘a tax,’ even though it needs ...

Norm Yost, a longtime vintner and the first in Santa Barbara County to produce sparkling wine, will be honored as Vintner of ...