A new wildfire was reported today at 3:21 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Ballard Fire has been burning on private ...

Perry is understood to have requested a temporary order of protection against a "transient" who she claims repeatedly showed ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:20 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Brown Fire has been burning on private ...

Karl Halbach Karl Frederick Halbach was born on Nov. 10, 1944 in Santa Cruz, California, to Jean and Edwin “Ted” Halbach. The second of three children, he ...

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.

California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry. Lawmakers left it out of the state budget they passed Monday.

Over 300 sheep had to be rounded up by the California Highway Patrol after the animals broke loose from their pens and took ...

Glide over the sun-soaked coastline of Santa Barbara, California, where Spanish colonial architecture meets golden beaches ...

Alire was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2012 and worked for the Santa Barbara County Public Defender’s office ...

A recent Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report determined the root of the housing problem is a lack of new development. The ...

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...

James Fuller, 61, and his brother Eric Fuller, 60, were found dead after disappearing on June 6 while driving to Santa Maria ...