The Santa Barbara County Fire Department announced the retirement of Captain Jonathan Ford after 25 years of service on Friday.

Santa Barbara County has transitioned out of high fire season early this year, a shift that fire officials say was driven by ...

Today, Nov. 21, the Fire Department transitioned from a High Fire Season to a Winter Preparedness Level. With the transition, the ban ...

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A vehicle fire in the 2800 block of Industrial Parkway is sending up a large plume of smoke Wednesday. Fire crews with the ...

November’s rainfall is responsible for Santa Barbara County experiencing “one of the wettest starts to a water-year on record.” That’s according to Flood Control District Senior Hydrologist Shawn ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is kicking off Fire Prevention Week on Monday, October 6, 2025, with events and safety tips running through Saturday, October 11, 2025. This year, the focus is ...

Fire crews put out a coffee roaster fire at a mixed-use commercial building on Robin Hill Road Wednesday. According to the ...

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato announced on November 7, 2025, that Garrett Huff has been selected to be the next Fire Chief for Santa Barbara County. The Board of ...

A new prescribed burn, called Sedgwick, was initiated today at 9:22 a.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- As teams of federal, state and local officials looked into exactly what made a deadly fire break out on a diving boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, many were stopping to ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...