SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBC Fire), in coordination with CAL FIRE, the Santa Barbara ...

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif. - With smoke spewing from the nearby Lake Fire over a wide area of the ... where N-95 safety masks were distributed for free. The set-up was outside of the local branch ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — On February 19, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department transitioned from a High Fire Season ...

A Santa Maria grocery store was destroyed by a fire Tuesday night. Santa Maria Fire Marshal Jim Austin says firefighters responded to a fire alarm call at Lassen’s Natural Food on the 1700 block ...