As the Whittier Fire raged up the slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains, 30 young campers and 12 staff members escaped from Circle V Ranch Camp a…
Chaparral is the fuel that makes Santa Barbara County wildfires so dangerous and difficult to control. It most areas of the county, it makes u…
Steve and Renée O'Neill consider their 70-acre ranch near the top of Tepusquet Canyon one of the most beautiful properties in Santa Barbara County.
Fire officials attribute Santa Barbara County’s high risk, in part, to its location in the wildfire “Goldilocks zone." The county sits far eno…
Santa Maria and Orcutt residents who want to know more about Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s plans to shut down electric service during critica…
Solvang marks the southern terminus for one of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s daily aerial smoke detection patrols the utility extended two we…
Last summer's Sherpa fire was accidentally caused by a La Scherpa Ranch resident who was trying to extinguish a burning log outdoors, accordin…
Multiple brush fires that sparked within minutes of each other just after 4 p.m. Wednesday on Highways 101 and 135 are believed to have been c…
After several months of investigation, Cal Fire officials have determined the cause of last summer's Chimney fire was a vehicle that ignited d…
County fire crews were able to quickly extinguish a small brush fire that started Tuesday night in Solvang.
Vandenberg personnel, alongside community partners and a specialized incident management team, have worked to extinguish five separate wildlan…
Vandenberg Air Force Base has begun cleanup and recovery efforts in order to return the base to normal operations after the Canyon Fire that b…
Fire crews were battling a blaze Wednesday night that nearly destroyed the Oceana Casino in Oceano.
The Canyon fire, which broke out Saturday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, has burned 12,353 acres and is at 70-percent containment as of Wednesd…
A wildfire that sparked Saturday night at Vandenberg Air Force Base grew to more than 12,000 acres by Tuesday night and was about 45-percent c…
The Rey fire is now 100-percent contained, Los Padres National Forest officials announced Friday afternoon.
The Chimney fire, which has been burning in north San Luis Obispo County for more than three weeks is held at 46,344 acres with 97-percent con…
Fire crews were able to maintain the work done Tuesday and successfully minimize the growth of the Rey fire, which now has burned 32,606 acres…
Fire crews responded to two more vegetation fires in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday afternoon.
A wildfire that has been burning in northern San Luis Obispo County now has reached 85-percent containment, having charred 46,344 acres, count…
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Crews battling the Rey fire south of Cachuma Lake have been assisted by recycled water from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ tertiary w…
Fire crews continue to make progress constructing and maintaining containment lines along the Chimney fire in northern San Luis Obispo County,…
The Rey fire east of Cachuma Lake showed little activity and grew very slowly Saturday night, reaching just over 33,000 acres and 61 percent c…
Fire crews were able to maintain the work done during Friday and successfully minimized the growth of the Rey fire which is now burning at 33,…
Despite the continued spread of the Chimney fire, some evacuation orders were lifted Friday in northern San Luis Obispo County.
The skies over Santa Ynez Airport have been filled with helicopters coming and going for days as they attacked the Rey fire burning into the D…
The cause of the brush fire that began burning in Refugio Canyon in Gaviota on Wednesday was due to a bird coming into contact with power line…
