Dozens of cats, some dead and others emaciated, were found in a parked U-Haul van in Central California on June 29, 2025, the Merced County Sheriff's Office said. Merced County Sheriff's Office ...

The Vandenberg Space Force Base is a rocket launch site in Santa Barbara County in Southern California. Established in 1941, the site was previously known as the Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The Madre Fire is burning in a remote area of central California, north of Santa Barbara and west of Bakersfield, according to Cal Fire. It quickly consumed roughly 35,000 acres overnight, moving ...

The Santa Barbara Foresters came up on the losing end of a 4th of July marathon with the California Tigers, falling 7-6 on Friday at Eddie Mathews Field. The Foresters (15-7) trailed by four runs ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.