A brush fire that erupted in Santa Barbara County three weeks ago, sending towering columns of smoke over Los Padres National Forest land, ended up burning more than 38,000 acres, authorities said ...

Los Padres National Forest officials announced that suppression repair work in areas affected by the Lake Fire is resuming ...

Representatives of the preserve sued Sable on October 3 over claims that Sable’s “unsupported and secretive plans” to repair and restart the oil pipeline — which runs along the Gaviota Coast and up ...

Getty Images Billionaire Ron Burkle came across the Santa Ynez Valley property while scouting Zaca Lake for the members-only club Soho House, in which he has a controlling interest. Getty Images ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s Anthony Stornetta, deputy fire chief of operations, noted the Lake Fire occurred 17 years and one day after the 240,207-acre Zaca Fire started in the same ...

The fire erupted on Friday near Zaca Lake, northeast of Los Olivos, Calif. As of early Monday, it had burned more than 20,000 acres and was 8 percent contained. The fire in Oroville forced 29,000 ...

The Santa Maria Elks had to cancel this years Haunted Hills event at their fairgrounds area in Santa Maria due to campsite damages during the Lake Fire battle in July.

Lake Iriqui, a lake bed between Zagora and Tata that had been dry for 50 years, was filled by the rainfall in images from NASA satellites. Merzouga was also slammed with precipitation. As ...

National Republicans embraced Kari Lake’s Arizona Senate bid, reasoning she was likely to win the primary with or without their support. Now they are confronting the consequences of having a ...

Residents can utilize the Santa Barbara County 2024 LAKE FIRE Incident Map to type in their address to see if their property falls within the highlighted areas. All residents in evacuation warning ...