Ballard Fire initially started 3:21 p.m. July 5 in Santa Barbara County, California. It has been burning on private land for ...

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

Plenty of primping and prepping took place around the Santa Maria Fairpark’s junior livestock barns Monday as youths from 4-H ...

A stretch of hot weather is forecast to build across Santa Barbara County this week, with inland temperatures expected to ...

Hundreds of local agriculture students from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties helped kick off the 132nd Annual Santa ...

Bamieh & De Smeth, PLC, a respected law firm with offices in Santa Barbara and Ventura, is celebrating 10 years of serving ...

The Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner's Office released the 2024 Crop and Livestock Production Report, a ...

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

Santa Barbara County has directed all seven local fire departments and medical 911 calls to the new Regional Fire ...

Santa Barbara County Animal Services will keep its shelters open for regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., through ...

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California's largest wildfire of 2025 has burned more than 80,400 acres in San Luis Obispo County.The Madre Fire is burning ...