Lynn says fireworks are the direct cause of thousands of injuries nationwide each year around the Fourth of July. Starting ...

Below is a press release from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department regarding Fourth of July Safety and illegal fireworks. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – As ...

Santa Barbara County Animal Services will keep its shelters open for regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., through ...

“These shows are carefully coordinated by trained experts and offer a safe way to enjoy the festivities,” the city said. To ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A local veterans group is preparing for their July 4th celebration featuring The Prime Time Band in ...

West Beach Enjoy a full day of live music at the West Beach Bandstand, sponsored by the PARC Foundation, before a 20-minute fireworks display presented by Garden State Fireworks and sponsored by the ...

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of the region in January.

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

The “heart and soul" of a popular taco truck died in a single-vehicle rollover crash west of Lompoc on Wednesday afternoon.

Community is still crucial to La Fonda’s mission, even if it is no longer tied specifically to La Casa de la Raza and its ...

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...

The Madre Fire has more than doubled the size of California’s second-largest wildfire this year, as it races through the Los ...