SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Santa Maria is seeing the rainfall now as well, and their public works divisions are ready for water ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:59 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Marcos Fire has been burning on private land. There ...

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Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have split, reports said Thursday, capping two weeks of controversy for the rapper ...

Over the last few weeks, we’ve received many questions from community members about the availability of local water sources to ...

On February 25, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will vote on raising their own salaries 48.8%, from $115,000 to $171,000 annually - a $56,000 increase.

City officials announced on Sunday that the incoming rain is expected to flood low-lying areas and cause hazardous road conditions throughout Santa Barbara County. The storm will reportedly also ...

Santa Barbara County’s new American Medical Response contract raises ambulance rates 35% compared with last year, reportedly ...

Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m excited to announce Noozhawk’s new Senior Life section, a guide for “living well and aging wisely.” I don’t know why we didn’t ...

A power outage impacting almost 4000 customers in the Mesa neighborhood of Santa Barbara started around 5:22 p.m. Friday.

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday reluctantly approved a four-year exclusive contract for ambulance ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flood advisory at 9:34 a.m. on Thursday in effect until 8 p.m. for Santa Barbara County.