Santa Barbara County News

Shooting At Sonic Teen Distracted, Causes Accident Independence Day Celebrations Larry Harmon, who played the character Bozo the Clown, is dead at the age of 83.

Residents of California's Santa Barbara County were ordered to evacuate their homes as a fast- spreading fire became the state's top priority today.

An airtanker drops fire retardant over the Gap fires raging in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara, in northern California.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has extended California's state of emergency, declaring disaster status in Santa Barbara county where a wildfire threatened the coastal community of Goleta.

As a wildfire feeding on half-century-old brush posed a threat Thursday to 200 canyon homes in the Santa Ynez Mountains above communities in Santa Barbara County, a blaze broke out in Yucaipa.

Fires raged in both Northern and Southern California on Wednesday, with the stubborn blaze in Big Sur taking a turn for the worse and a new one near Goleta causing widespread power outages and burning within ...

Actor Rob Lowe and his wife Sheryl Berkoff-Lowe arrive at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on April 26, 2008 in Washington, DC.

Jul 2 - More residents were forced to evacuate their homes as fire moved through Southern California's Santa Barbara County.

A wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest forces authorities to evacuate residents living in the canyon areas north of Goleta in Santa Barbara County.

A Los Alamos man will be sentenced to nearly four years in prison for molesting two underage sisters, including one who is disabled.

A wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest has forced authorities to evacuate residents living in the canyon areas north of Goleta in Santa Barbara County.

Going to court in lompoc will soon be like getting on a plane at the airport. Administrators are getting ready to start using a metal detector and x-ray machine for everyone entering the lobby of the ...

With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced to strategically choose which to fight and which to leave to burn for weeks or even ...

In Visalia, Michael Cardoza was teacher of the year. Former colleagues use terms such as 'excellent' and 'highly respected' to describe him.

A nanny suing TV star Rob Lowe for alleged sexual harassment has been accused of being sexually promiscuous, California court documents show.

Homeless people living in cars and mobile homes across the US are being joined by a new breed: the middle-class. As mortgage foreclosures continue rising month on month, growing numbers of middle-class ...

Sen. John McCain is meeting some opposition over his new support of offshore drilling.

Jurors have convicted a Santa Maria algebra teacher of repeatedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student.

Falcons have been shooing away seagulls at Santa Barbara County's dump for three years.

One of the beloved, 2-month-old Peregrine falcons from San Jose City Hall died Tuesday morning, the very day the mayor and city council were to honor three students who had won the contest to name this year's ...