The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. New bursts of yellow dot the hills of Mendocino County.

CalFire released the last of its updated fire hazard severity maps on Monday, showing a 3.5 million acre expansion of Southern California’s zones. The largest increases were in the Antelope Valley and ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – Fire teams are overhauling the scene of a residential fire in the 300 block of Ocean View Avenue Wednesday. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, all ...

Roughly every decade, CalFire releases a new map that outlines exactly which areas of California are within fire hazard zones: pieces of property that, due to a mix of fuel, terrain and weather ...

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Mike Hamers and others who live in his neighborhood off North Market Street have been paying a high price for the scenic hilltop views they enjoy of Redding and the surrounding mountains in Shasta ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The Office of the State Fire Marshal released new maps that indicate which parts of San Diego County are in a very high-risk zone for fires. For the first time in 15 years ...

Mike Hamers and others who live in his neighborhood off North Market Street have been paying a high price for the scenic hilltop views they enjoy of Redding and the surrounding mountains in Shasta ...

From CalMatters Capitol reporter Jeanne Kuang: As businesses like SpaceX and Amazon seek to undo the National Labor Relations Board, California unions are trying a novel tactic to preserve labor ...

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalFire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six weeks, beginning with counties in the state’s far north and ending ...