Defensible space inspections on the rise in Santa Barbara after the Loma Fire
Since the Loma Fire, the department has had an increase in requests for free home fire inspections. June 15 is the fire department’s deadline for…
Continue ReadingSince the Loma Fire, the department has had an increase in requests for free home fire inspections. June 15 is the fire department’s deadline for…
Continue ReadingThe Loma Fire that broke out the night of May 20 in Santa Barbara added fuel to a highly volatile debate over the city’s homeless crisis and mounting…
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. – With the fear of a destructive or even worse, deadly, fire connected to homeless cooking or activities, Santa Barbara is…
Continue ReadingPrescribed burns are set to take place at Hearst San Simeon State Park near Cambria this…
Continue ReadingThe fire had burned a few miles south of Superior, a town of about 3,000…
Continue ReadingWith pressure mounting about dangerous homeless camps, Santa Barbara is set to take emergency action to find new safe locations for the…
Continue ReadingCAL FIRE crews contained a small brush fire that sprouted up in Nipomo Sunday…
Continue ReadingSanta Barbara County firefighters responded to a structure fire at Demetria Vineyards north of Los Olivos on…
Continue ReadingBoth air and ground crews with CAL FIRE responded to a brush fire that broke out along Highway 101 near the Cuesta Grade late Saturday…
Continue ReadingIt was a scene similar to a movie set at the Ventura County Fire Department Regional Training Center on…
Continue ReadingDozens of firefighters dressed in black uniforms lined the entrance to College of the Canyons, in Santa Clarita, when Carlon and her family arrived…
Continue ReadingThe fire was reported just before 2 a.m. behind a commercial building at 46 Prado…
Continue ReadingThe area is considered a high-fire zone with the terrain, vegetation and the high volume of…
Continue ReadingResidents in San Luis Obispo County may see or smell smoke this Memorial Day weekend due to the Sargents Fire burning actively in Monterey…
Continue ReadingPublic health officials are urging residents to stay hydrated, find shade, and take breaks to avoid heat exhaustion as temperatures soar across much…
Continue ReadingFirefighters battled a small brush fire Sunday afternoon that started east of Santa…
Continue ReadingFirefighters quickly stopped a brush fire in the Salinas Riverbed Saturday…
Continue ReadingPaso Robles Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire Friday afternoon in a home on the 800 block of Wade…
Continue ReadingSanta Barbara County firefighters knocked down a two-story house fire in the Los Olivos area Friday…
Continue ReadingCity staff is being asked to come up with a few parking lots to consider before one is…
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