In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new service agreement between ambulance provider AMR and the county despite major pushback from firefighters.

On Tuesday, an evacuation warning was issued for areas within and near the Lake Fire burn scar as an incoming storm is ...

County emergency managers issued an evacuation warning for the Lake Fire burn area due to a storm arriving Wednesday that could result in flooding and ...

An Evacuation Warning has been issued for areas within and near the Lake Fire burn scar effective 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to a storm expected on ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:59 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Marcos Fire has been burning on private land. There ...

There is an option to expand ambulance services from Santa Barbara County Fire Department into Zone 4 in Lompoc as well as Zone 6 which includes Carpinteria, Summerland, and Montecito noted Santa ...

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 ...

Additionally, the developer offered a training to Cal Fire SLO, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the Santa Maria City Fire Department and the Five Cities Fire Authority on how to fight ...

Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County ... after a massive fire last month at one of the largest battery storage plants in the world — Moss Landing in Monterey County — caused ...

American Medical Response and Santa Barbara County officials reached a conditional settlement this week over a contract to renew ambulance services, with the company agreeing to dismiss a lawsuit prov ...