UPDATE: Flash flood watch affecting Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains Thursday, says the NWS
On Tuesday at 11:16 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flash flood watch valid from Thursday 10 a.m. until Friday ...
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Ambulance Rates Rise 35% in Santa Barbara County’s New AMR Contract
Santa Barbara County’s new American Medical Response contract raises ambulance rates 35% compared with last year, reportedly ...
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Santa Barbara County Supervisors to Consider Giving Themselves $56,000 Annual Raise
A proposal is on the table to increase the salaries of members of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors by $56,000 to about $171,000 annually. The ...
Flood advisory for Santa Barbara County until Thursday evening, says the NWS
The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flood advisory at 9:34 a.m. on Thursday in effect until 8 p.m. for Santa Barbara County.
Evacuation warnings issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of mudslides in areas scarred by wildfires
For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in ...
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Topanga Creek’s steelhead trout find a new home in Santa Barbara
The endangered fish were successfully relocated to Santa Barbara County after ash and debris from the Palisades Fire fouled ...
Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Pilot ‘Moments Before’ Plane Explodes Following Crash in Santa Barbara: ‘Lives Were Saved’
An officer is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a pilot from a burning plane, which crashed into a field near a highway ...
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Santa Barbara County Zoning Administrator Approves Naples Project Despite Flood of Opposition
Conservationists plan to appeal the project on an undeveloped slice of the Gaviota Coast currently zoned for 71 homesites.
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Track Southern California rainfall totals in real time with this interactive map
Southern California is getting drenched with the strongest storm of the year to date. Rainfall totals through Friday are expected to surpass two inches in Los Angeles County, ...