As of July 13, the Santa Barbara County fire had burned 37,872 acres (59 square miles) and was 19% contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. It is California’s ...

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

The southbound on-ramp at Olive Mill Road will close for about nine months. The southbound off-ramp at San Ysidro Road will ...

The City of Santa Barbara, for one, plans to merge the state map with its Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which already identified many of the state’s new hazardous areas. Still, the new maps show ...

The Madre fire in central California has exploded in size, burning nearly 80,000 acres as officials warn of an 'immediate ...

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...

California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by ...

The Madre Fire, now the largest wildfire in California this year, expanded to 79,630 acres by Saturday, July 5, prompting ...

As of Friday, Cal Fire reported 11 fires over 1,000 acres, including a 178,090 acre fire in Northern California and a 38,664 acre fire blazing in the Santa Barbara area. Stream Los Angeles News ...

A new map is helping reunite lots pets with their owners in Santa Barbara County. The interactive map is available through Santa Barbara County Animal Services (SBCAS). People can use it to search ...