Ballard Fire initially started 3:21 p.m. July 5 in Santa Barbara County, California. It has been burning on private land for ...

Santa Barbara County firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a one acre fire near Ballard on July 5, 2025.

Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...

A large contingent of firefighters quickly doused a vegetation fire in the Ballard Canyon area of the Santa Ynez Valley on ...

A vegetation fire started in Santa Ynez Valley at about 3:18 pm, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Santa ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:21 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Ballard Fire has been burning on private ...

A fast-moving vegetation fire burned has 9,800 acres and forced evacuations near Highway 166 in the southeastern corner of ...

A brush fire that started east of Highway 154 above Santa Barbara late Monday afternoon had grown to more than 4,100 acres as of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Which Santa Barbara County neighborhoods are the most flammable? Last month, Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara and the rest of the state, showing where to beware of ...

Are Santa Barbara fire departments ready if a fast-moving conflagration like the burnovers in Los Angeles take place? At least 29 people lost their lives and nearly 17,000 structures were destroyed ...

The Lake fire in Santa Barbara County is more than 37,000 acres, but fire personnel have worked to mitigate risk to Santa Ynez and Los Olivos communities.

California wildfires latest: Santa Barbara County fire grows to over 38,000 acres "It's scary," said Raymond Williams, whose home is in the area of the Lake Fire.