Santa Barbara County News

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that the body of 63-year-old Jim Mitchell was located on Sunday.

State authorities say little further damage occurred when record amounts of rain fell on parts of Southern California that had been burned bare in wildfires.

PRESS RELEASE from the city and county of Santa Barbara and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Santa Barbara County and City emergency officials have issued an Evacuation Warning for the Tea ...

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Custody deputy B. Doyle works in the booking area of the jail off Foster Road.

Janna Munoz does some schoolwork at FitzGerald School in Santa Maria. Munoz is nearing graduation thanks in part to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney office's truant prevention program, which has lost ...

One person was taken to the hospital by helicopter after a collision Saturday afternoon involving a nonemergency ambulance and at least one other vehicle on Highway 1 near Vandenberg Village.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 29--Reading voters' lips and how they cast their ballots on new taxes don't always synch, and that disparity may give Ventura County transportation officials hope.

Emergency officials have downgraded the mandatory evacuation order to a warning for residents whose homes were threatened by potential flooding or mudslides.

Hay bales stacked on the side of West Mountain Drive in Santa Barbara direct rainwater Wednesday down a drain for flood control prevention after rains Tuesday and Wednesday in the area previously damaged by the ...

A Lompoc woman was killed and two other Lompoc residents suffered major injuries in a two-car collision about 1:25 p.m. today on Highway 246 at Mission Gate Road, just east of Lompoc, the California Highway ...

Cpl. Frank Medina of the Guadalupe Police Department said he was on patrol one night in early August when his attention was attracted by two people running and hiding from him near a crowd of people.

Two weeks following the start of the Tea Fire in Montecito, Santa Barbara County is trying to help those affected by the destruction left in the wake of the devastating fire.

Democrat Hannah-Beth Jackson pulled a little closer to Republican Tony Strickland in their tight race for the State Senate on Tuesday, even as thousands of new ballots were counted in Ventura County, the center ...

In most years, store manager Diana Hirst considers herself lucky if she can snag six bottles of $265 Araujo Napa Valley cult Cabernet Sauvignon to stock in her Costa Mesa, Calif., wine shop.

The Sherman family, including Josh, front, Isabelle, Carlie, mother Emily, and dog Boo walk home from school in the rain Tuesday afternoon on Constellation Road in Vandenberg Village.//Len Wood/Staff The ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. : Weary residents ordered to evacuate during heavy overnight rains returned home Wednesday as the threat of mudslides and flash flooding in Southern California's wildfire burn areas eased on ...

Rains overnight in Southern California led to flash flood warnings and heightened the concern about mudslides in areas ravaged by wildfires.

Comments tool name close tool goes here A storm is expected to bring up to 3 inches of rain to the Central Coast today and Wednesday, possibly causing minor street flooding along with mud and debris flows in ...

Santa Barbara County and City emergency officials have issued an Evacuation Warning for residents below the Tea Fire Burn Area.

Santa Barbara County and City emergency officials have issued an Evacuation Order for residents within the Tea Fire Burn Area, including the Sycamore Creek area and other areas immediately below the fire zone.