Southern California faces a risk of damaging debris flows this week, as a potentially strong atmospheric river is set to ...

Carpinteria residents want a beach closure to protect harbor seals. The city says it doesn't have the resources. After the ...

Conservationists plan to appeal the project on an undeveloped slice of the Gaviota Coast currently zoned for 71 homesites.

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On Monday at 1:28 p.m. a flash flood watch was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA valid from Thursday 10 a.m. until ...

90 minutes or so to the south of Santa Barbara, begins to recover from devastating wildfires that destroyed large areas of the county. “It gives you a sense of togetherness, a sense of community ...

The video features four-time Grammy winner Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel in the most terrifying way possible. The British singer’s face was generated onto the body of an animated ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

American Medical Response and Santa Barbara County officials reached a conditional settlement this week over a contract to ...

Under the new ordinance, the equipment must be located as close as feasible to shared property lines between adjacent lots, ...

Jasper County will be using more than $2.27 million in federal funds to stabilize roads leading to the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge. (Christopher Braunschweig) Plans to apply seal coat and ...