San Luis Obispo County issued new evacuation orders for the Gifford Fire on Monday morning, as crews planned 36-hour burn ...

Southern California Edison warned of potential public safety power shutoffs Monday that could affect about 550 customers in ...

The press release below, in English and Spanish, from Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution sites as the largest ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. Since its discovery ...

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.

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (KABC) -- Firefighters are trying to gain control of the Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis ...

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce will host the 2025 State of the County on Thursday, August 28, from 3:00 to 5:30 PM at The ...

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 ...

In Santa Barbara County, they found that cannabis applications in Santa Barbara County underwent an average 3.4 years of review before zoning permits were approved, compared to 2.6 years for the ...