On Sunday, Santa Barbara County (SBC) Fire officials reportedly performed an ocean rescue for a mother and her children at Gaviota Beach. SBC Fire Public Information Officer Scott Safechuck said in a ...

Singers and scribes have waxed poetic for decades about the best beaches in California—here, find our favorites.

It's the year of the Snake, which means its time to shed off bad energy and enjoy some community fun! Here's what's going on ...

In the week since a series of fires began burning through Los Angeles County, concerns about the city of Santa Barbara’s own fire preparedness have snapped back into the community consciousness. For ...

Authorities are investigating a body found in the surf at Leadbetter Beach Tuesday morning. Santa Barbara police and Harbor Patrol staff responded to the scene at 7 a.m., Sgt. Bryan Kerr said.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The body of a still unidentified man was recovered Tuesday morning on the beach area between Shoreline Park and Leadbetter Beach. According to the Santa Barbara Police ...

Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur ...

As wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, residents are bracing for another round of Santa Ana winds and drought conditions, keeping fire danger critical as crews work to contain the ...

Fast-moving Santa Ana winds – some as powerful as a hurricane – have been roaring across Southern California and feeding the wildfires firefighters are battling in the Los Angeles area.

Corcoran Group founder and "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran established a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the residents of the Pacific Palisades mobile home park she called her "little slice of ...