SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – PG&E has placed nearly 10,000 customers across San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties on high alert for potential public safety power shutoffs. The safety outages could impact over 8,000 residential and business customers in SLO county, and over 1,000 in Santa Barbara county. The planned shutoffs follow
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Below is a press release from Santa Barbara County Fire Department regarding a Red Flag Warning that has been issued for the interior county. Santa Barbara County, Calif. – The National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard has issued a Red Flag Warning for the Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains, in effect from 3 AM to 6
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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) — A new California law aims to reduce the risk of wildfires during vegetation-clearing operations by requiring workers to have fire-suppression equipment readily available. Assembly Bill 2075 follows the 2024 Mountain Fire in Ventura County, which investigators traced to hot debris from a tractor tire involved in an earlier fire near
Continue ReadingTwo wildfires burning in Monterey County along the scenic Big Sur coastline are causing impacts to parts of neighboring San Luis Obispo County.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Local fire crews are poised and ready for any calls for assistance to help fight the Hawk Fire burning near Reno, Nevada. In just two days, the Hawk Fire has rapidly spread to an area of 15,000 acres in Washoe County, Nevada. 90,000 residents have been issued evacuation orders or warnings,
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SANTA BARBARA CO, Calif. (KEYT) – The call-out initially included crews from nearly a dozen local fire departments when a structure fire broke out just before 3:30 Thursday afternoon in the Painted Cave area off Highway 154. According to PulsePoint, a 911-connected app, the flames sparked at a property on the 4800 block of Glenn
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With summer season just about one month in, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is currently in peak fire season readiness mode.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – PG&E crews in San Luis Obispo County started work today on a multi-purpose project in Avila Beach, and areas near the Bob Jones Trail. The project will update power lines to increase reliability and capacity while reducing wildfire risk. Traffic mitigation signs are set up on San Luis Bay Drive between Ontario
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SOLVANG, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara County Fire crews responded to a vegetation fire happening just feet away from Mission Santa Inés in the 1600 block of Mission Drive in Solvang. The fire was reported around 10:46am Wednesday morning, according to a PIO with Santa Barbara County Fire. @SBCFireInfo Crews are on scene of a
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Fire preparations will be explained in a town hall meeting. It will take place at Santa Barbara City College Monday night and is open to the public.
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CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District hosted an open house on the last Saturday in May. Children had a chance to spray water from a firehouse hose. They also tried on fire gear and pulled fire hoses at Station 61 on Walnut Ave. The open house included an obstacle course and a large bounce
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews responded to a 2,183-acre vegetation fire that started Monday, May 18 south of Simi Valley that triggered evacuation orders and warnings in the surrounding areas. An information hotline was set up for those with questions at 805-465-6650 shared the Ventura County Emergency Information website. As of Wednesday around
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GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Sandy Fire continues burning near Simi Valley, forcing evacuations and disrupting life for thousands across Ventura County. Santa Barbara-based humanitarian organization Direct Relief is now working with first responders and healthcare providers to track emergency supply needs. The group has already offered support to local clinics and community partners as
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State and local fire agencies will hold a special event on Tuesday morning at Cabrillo High School to spotlight how responders are gearing up for wildfire season.
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LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (KEYT) – A portion of the Camino Cielo Ridge Area inside Los Padres National Forest has been sectioned off for prescribed burning until Friday. From April 29th – May 1st, burning for a combined 27 acres of land will take place in the Camino Cielo Ridge Area near Painted Cave
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A planned burn of a little over ten acres of brush along Highway 154 are expected for the next few days beginning on Monday, April 27. The planned or prescribed fires along Highway 154, north of the junction with State Route 192, are shown in the image below courtesy
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A significant stretch of hot weather has arrived this week to the Central Coast, with temperatures expected to be close to or rise above record numbers for this time of year.
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A vehicle fire was extinguished early Sunday morning off Highway 101 northbound near the Gaviota coast. Crews from Santa Barbara County Fire responded to a box truck fire around 6:15am this morning off Highway 101, just one mile north of SR 1. The department says the vehicle lost power
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – The U.S. Forest Service and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District are conducting a series of planned burns in the Camino Cielo Ridge area near Painted Cave Road and Highway 154. The burns are planned during a two-week window beginning Tuesday, Jan. 20 for approximately 57 acres
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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Two men were arrested during a fire prevention operation in the Santa Paula Creek and Santa Clara River areas earlier this month. On Dec. 17, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Homeless Liaison Unit and Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit conducted a joint fire prevention operation with the goal to prevent future fires
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