Several counties in Southern California faced "critical" fire risks this week, according to an AccuWeather forecast.

Downtown Santa Barbara’s Annual Awards Breakfast is to be held on Wednesday, February 19th from 7:30AM-9:30AM at El Paseo Restaurant (10 El Paseo). Community leaders will celebrate outstanding businesses,

At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

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Metrolink will likely be making a northern expansion in the coming months, adding a morning commuter train between Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The morning Metrolink service would begin

On Monday at 10:46 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a wind advisory. The advisory is for Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Palos Verdes Hills, Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area,

Santa Barbara artist Angela Perko will have a solo exhibit titled "Imagined Landscapes & Other Stories," Jan. 31-March 24 at Sullivan Goss gallery, 11

An updated wind advisory was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Sunday at 2:52 p.m. valid from Monday 8 a.m. until Tuesday 2 p.m. The advisory is for Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Palos Verdes Hills,

The blazes have grown to more than 37,000 acres, killing at least 25 people and destroying thousands of structures.

The National Weather Service warns of “extremely dangerous fire weather” in coastal Southern California, with winds up to 70 mph and dry conditions creating a high wildfire risk. A Red Flag Warning covers Santa Barbara,

UC Santa Barbara’s location provides a refuge from wildfires. The university protrudes into the ocean, which limits the direction from which a fire can approach. And the campus is flanked to the north by the airport and surrounding wetlands, not a likely conduit for fire.