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/ Poor rainfall season could mean big fire problems for region With rainfall 20% to 50% of average during the current rainfall season, firefighters are gearing up for what could be a tough high fire season in the region. Captain Daniel Bertucelli is with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. He says the limited rainfall is creating significantly drier fuels. The Fire Department is moving to its high fire preparedness level May 3rd, which means that extra resources will be deployed on brush fire calls to try to stop fires before they surge out of control. Two decades ago, we had a fire se...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded to a vehicle rollover near the summit of the Soloman Grade just after 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews airlifted a dehydrated mountain biker from Gaviota Peak Sunday afternoon.

By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol April 26, 2021 Jonathan Garcia-Bogarin (GoFundMe photo) Authorities have released the names of two young men killed in separate vehicle crashes Sunday in Santa Barbara County. Jonathan Garcia-Bogarin, 23, of Goleta, was fatally injured when his 2021 Jeep Gladiator overturned while he was driving off road near West Camino Cielo, along the ridge of the Santa Ynez Mountains, according to Raquel Zick, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau. The crash occurred just after 12:30 p.m. about 4 miles west of the Winchester Canyon G...

1 Person Killed in Crash on Highway 101 Between Orcutt and Los Alamos Driver was ejected from the vehicle, which authorities believe veered of the roadway at high speed during the overnight hours One person died early Sunday when a vehicle veered off southbound Highway 101 on the Solomon Grade, between Orcutt and Los Alamos. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo) By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol April 25, 2021 | 8:44 a.m. One person died early Sunday when a vehicle veered off Highway 101 between Orcutt and Los Alamos, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire...