Santa Barbara Metro News

Police are investigating the death of a toddler. The two year-old boy was found dead in his family's car Thursday.

The return of some residents to their homes Monday marked progress in California 's siege of wildfires, but forecasters warned that weather was turning back in favor of the flames.

Fires near Big Sur and Santa Barbara on Sunday continued to ravage the wilderness, but crews made steady progress as winds slowed and temperatures dropped.

California firefighters said they were hopeful Monday that the two biggest wildfires in the state were coming under control and wouldn't threaten more homes.

"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper reported that he was under investigation for tax evasion.

The Will Smith action comedy "Hancock" blew into U.S. theaters this weekend, claiming the No.

Cooler weather conditions Sunday were giving a boost to weary and exhausted firefighters battling wildfires that stretched from Big Sur to Santa Barbara, officials said.Wildfires have burned more than 800 ...

Another wildfire is forcing evacuations in California. Authorities have told residents of about 1,700 homes near Santa Barbara to leave.

More than 500 local firefighters, from Yucaipa to Upland, have been sent to battle hundreds of wildfires around the state.

Winds of up to 40 miles an hour are fanning a wildfire that's forced thousands of residents of California's Santa Barbara County to leave their homes.

GOLETA, Calif. -- Driven overnight by 'sundowner' winds that gusted to 50 mph, the Gap fire grew to more than 8,300 acres, but by morning was 24% contained, fire officials said.

Firefighters braced Friday for the return of late afternoon winds that a day earlier caused a wildfire on California 's Central Coast to double in size and race dangerously close to hundreds of homes in the ...

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

A Lompoc massage parlor employee is in police custody, accused of offering sex to an undercover officer.

Paul Hogan has challenged taxmen to 'come and get me' Friday July 4,2008 Actor Paul Hogan, star of the Crocodile Dundee films, has challenged Australian tax investigators to "come and get me" in the United ...

A fast-growing fire in the Los Padres National Forest burned one structure and forced authorities to order more evacuations as flames approached homes and knocked out electricity in Santa Barbara County.

Goleta threatened: Flames were fast approaching 2,600 homes and transmission lines supplying power to 100,000 people on the central coast.

An explosive wildfire ravaged the hillsides above this scenic coastal community Thursday, leaving the popular tourist region mostly deserted ahead of the holiday weekend.

Authorities ordered the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds in California , had jumped a fire line and was threatening ...

California's ongoing wildfire war moved south Wednesday when a new fire routed residents from their homes near Santa Barbara.