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

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The city has outlined its Emergency Homelessness Action Plan, which targets four major initiatives, including launching a street outreach program, establishing a micro community and hosting public ...

Campgrounds and a horse ranch were evacuated Monday as wildfire swept through a Civil War-era historical site in southern New Mexico. Ground crews, air tankers and helicopters ...

California State Parks and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks announced the return of a free weekend and holiday shuttle service to Big Basin Redwoods State Park this summer, aimed at ...

Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in ...

Tour bus carrying 45 children catches fire on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz Mountains ‘Break Free’: Professor Announces Decision to Resign About 1 in 4 Americans are "functionally unemployed ...

Sneak peek at upcoming San Diego community events street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, community ...

Here is what to expect when traveling throughout Arizona on Memorial Day weekend, including traffic issues, event coverage ...

The Panoramic Garden is one of two private ocean-view gardens in Stinson Beach featured on the Garden Conservancy’s Open ...