Multiple weather alerts were in effect Thursday due to heavy bursts of rain hitting Santa Barbara County. The National ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

Objective design standards will allow developers to put their multifamily residential projects on the fast track.

An evacuation order has been issued, available in English and Spanish, for parts of the Lake Fire burn scar and nearby ...

More rain is on the way for Santa Barbara County after some light showers Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Thursday is ...

On Tuesday, an evacuation warning was issued for areas within and near the Lake Fire burn scar as an incoming storm is ...

SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Out of Plain Sight is a must-see documentary — chilling but powerful and enlightening — the kind of film that just may open your eyes and change ...

An atmospheric river is pushing through the Central Coast Thursday with heavy rain prompting many alerts across our ...

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, ...

NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...