Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews are on scene for a brush fire at Farren Road near Goleta just after 7:00 p.m.

Changes are coming for who will respond to emergencies and fires in South Santa Clara County. On Thursday, residents, fire personnel and county officials packed a town hall in San Martin. The focus ...

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Roy Lee and City Councilmember Kristen Sneddon listen in on a town hall meeting about fire concerns. The Tuesday evening session was in Mission Canyon.

The survey starts at Gibson’s Corner, near the Scott-Le Sueur County line extending northeast ... Belle Plaine and the New Prague areas. Actual helicopter emergency medical service will begin ...

Multiple weather alerts were in effect Thursday due to heavy bursts of rain hitting Santa Barbara County. The National ...

In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new service agreement between ambulance ...

A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa ... began as another fire took off just across the Ventura County line earlier in the day.

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. Senate President Pro ... from the union representing Cal Fire ...

and in partnership with Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District, to enhance EMS services for all residents." In a statement provided Friday to the Santa Maria Times, a county spokeswoman ...

Paramedic Garrett Henderson, front, and EMT Jaydon Powers restock an American Medical Response ambulance at the beginning of their shift in October 2019. AMR and the County of Santa Barbara ...

Even the luckier fire victims were not exactly lucky. “I had really good insurance and it still wasn’t enough,” said Chris Culp, 59, a retired Santa Clara County firefighter who had to pay ...