A Santa Maria woman arrested in connection to a fire that damaged The Swiss Restaurant and injured a firefighter last week pleaded not guilty …
A fire early Monday destroyed four vehicles, including a motorhome, near a residence on North School Street in Santa Maria.
A Hancock College instructor who has taught hundreds of students to fight fires will be stepping down after more than three decades.
Dry weather conditions and strong winds were reported Monday as crews battled several wind-driven vegetation fires that broke out across the Central Coast.
A driver was killed in a single vehicle rollover crash on Highway 135 near Orcutt Saturday, according to a Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman.
“This past weekend while we were under the red flag warning, we had extra resources come in from out of the county,” Santa Barbara County Fire spokesman Mike Eliason said. “That’s a tribute to the mutual aid system and how well that cooperation works. It’s really a marvel how well it works.”
At least 50 workers were sickened and five were hospitalized Saturday as a result of a toxic gas that formed after two cleaning chemicals were inadvertently mixed inside a facility near Blosser and Stowell roads, according to a Santa Maria Fire spokesman.
Santa Barbara County firefighters extinguished a small structure fire reported in a residential area on Drake Avenue in Santa Maria early Thursday morning.
Two men were detained Tuesday night after the smell of the methamphetamine they were said to be smoking prompted a partial evacuation and haza…
Privately owned electrical equipment at a house near Calistoga sparked the 2017 Tubbs Fire, which grew to be the most destructive fire the state had ever seen to that point, Cal Fire said Thursday.
Firefighters, local dignitaries and other community members gathered Wednesday at the Elks Lodge in Santa Maria to celebrate and honor firefig…
One man died and three people — a woman and two Santa Maria firefighters — were injured Tuesday after a pursuit by the California Highway Patr…
Santa Barbara County is continuing to provide support to Ventura County as it battles the Hill and Woolsey fires, sending not only firefightin…
The Santa Maria Police Department is asking for help from community members in locating an alleged arsonist suspected of playing a role in two…
A Buellton home was damaged Wednesday when a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
As search and rescue efforts continued Wednesday, the death toll from devastating mudslides that struck the Montecito area after torrential ra…
Several hundred people, many in firefighters' uniforms, packed Santa Maria's Pacific Christian Center on Wednesday morning to say their final …
Multiple fire companies responded to a Christmas evening blaze that caused heavy damage to a home in the 1300 block of Smoke Tree Lane. No inj…
The theme for Tuesday night’s Santa Maria City Council meeting was appreciation.
A two-vehicle collision in Santa Maria on Friday evening sent one victim to the hospital.
At a recent fire on North M Street, your fire department responded initially with only one engine, three firefighters, and a battalion chief. …