Are Santa Barbara fire departments ready if a fast-moving conflagration like the burnovers in Los Angeles take place? At least 29 people lost their lives and nearly 17,000 structures were destroyed ...

Sommer Frisk, Cumulus’ Oxnard-Ventura-Santa Barbara's market manager, explains how redundancy at her stations has helped them ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif ... McAdoo noted that most of the city's pump stations are equipped with generator backups. "We will also preposition fire personnel and equipment ahead of predicted ...

Santa Maria and Santa Barbara County have sent firefighting resources to Los Angeles to help fight disastrous wind-fueled wildfires that have been raging since Tuesday. April Chavez is the Santa ...

The fire departments cooperate interagency-wise like no others ... as the catastrophic situation to the south of us unfolds. As recent history shows, Santa Barbara is no stranger to these disasters, ...

UC Santa Barbara’s location provides a refuge from wildfires. The university protrudes into the ocean, which limits the direction from which a fire can approach. And the campus is flanked to the north ...

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