A new wildfire was reported today at 3:21 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Ballard Fire has been burning on private ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:20 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Brown Fire has been burning on private ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.

California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry. Lawmakers left it out of the state budget they passed Monday.

A fallen tree caused a power outage that impacted 4,889 Southern California Edison customers in northern Santa Barbara and ...

Glide over the sun-soaked coastline of Santa Barbara, California, where Spanish colonial architecture meets golden beaches ...

Over 300 sheep had to be rounded up by the California Highway Patrol after the animals broke loose from their pens and took ...

A recent Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report determined the root of the housing problem is a lack of new development. The ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los ...