Santa Barbara County

Officials in Santa Barbara County have issued evacuation orders for parts of the county within the Alisal Fire burn scar, as an atmospheric river storm heads for the area.

SoCal will see lots of cloud cover starting Sunday morning, with drizzle hitting the area Monday morning. By lunch time, the rain will come down more heavily, soaking the area and cooling down temperatures for the start of the week. Belen De Leon has the forecast, and your rainy weather checklist, for Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.

Fire crews are battling the Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County, which has burned over 6,000 acres and remains at 0% contained as of Tuesday morning.

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Wednesday morning.

The late-summer celebration will again dance through the streets of the charming Danish village with music, costuming, and, yes, pastries in tow.

Hard work by firefighters and a decrease in winds stopped the spread of a brushfire that triggered evacuations in the city of Santa Barbara, authorities said Friday.

Vandenberg Air Force Base is changing its name and redesigning the 30th Space Wing to align under the recently created Space Force.

Two students were rescued after their homemade boat constructed from buckets and kiddie pools drifted too far from the Southern California coast, authorities said.

Two students were rescued after their homemade boat constructed from buckets and kiddie pools drifted too far from the Southern California coast, authorities said. Video broadcast Monday May 10, 2021 on Today in LA.

Air Force Global Strike Command successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base during an operation test late Tuesday night.

The Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara County says the calico named Patches was brought in as a stray last month and a microchip scan revealed her identity.

A desperate search for a diver that went missing near Santa Cruz Island Sunday evening continues as search and recovery teams came up empty-handed Monday.

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Conception boat fire that killed 34 people near Santa Cruz Island, including two Santa Monica residents, the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it will hold an Oct. 20 meeting to discuss the agency’s investigation into the deadly fire.

A single-engine plane went down Wednesday May 20, 2020 in a Santa Maria neighborhood, killing the pilot. Credit: Albert Mendoza

A pilot was killed Wednesday when a single-engine plane that took off from Van Nuys Airport crashed in a Santa Maria area neighborhood. A resident’s security camera captured the crash and resulting plume of black smoke in the 1200 block of Oak Knoll Road. The pilot, the only person onboard, died at the scene, according to the Santa Barbara County…

A heatwave caused people across Southern California to flee to local beaches Saturday, but a shark sighting caused some visitors to flee. No one was injured, though members of the United States Coast Guard spotted eight sharks from a helicopter at about 3:15 p.m., according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. After being notified by the Coast Guard,...

No one was hurt. As seen on NBCLA at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2020.

The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 will pay $60 million to to settle allegations that it violated safety laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline didn’t admit any wrongdoing or liability in the consent decree that will end a lawsuit…

A koala hospital in Australia posted a somber update on its Facebook page on Tuesday — that the koala rescued from a bushfire has died. The koala was pulled from a tree surrounded by fire by a shirtless woman last week in a now-viral video. The baby koala was named Ellenborough Lewis after the rescuer’s grandchild.

The windy conditions could also lead to another round of power shutoffs. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019.