One person has been arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting the fire on a remote ridge in the Gaviota area, where ...

Santa Barbara County firefighters are battling a brush fire in the Hollister Ridge area that broke out late Saturday night.

In an urgent response to the escalating Ridge Fire, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has mandated an evacuation ...

In a late-night incident that disrupted traffic along the southbound lanes of Highway 101, a three-vehicle collision occurred ...

October will usher in another round of toasty temperatures to the Central Coast. An excessive heat watch is in effect for Tuesday morning through ...

Santa Barbara County officials issued an evacuation warning Sunday for residents in the area of Alegria Canyon and Hollister ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 7:05 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Ridge Fire has been burning on private land.

A last-minute compromise by Santa Barbara County officials this week thwarted what would have been the mass resignation of ...

A judge had ordered a mental health evaluation for a California man arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured five ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews arrested a man for suspicion of arson in connection to the fire near Hollister ...

Damage to the Santa Maria courthouse from a Sept. 25 bombing.(courtesy photo) A Santa Maria man was charged by federal ...

As the Business Times was hitting its print deadline we got word of the explosion at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in Santa Maria. As we went to press a suspect was in custody and a handful of ...