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Santa Barbara County Fire Department Fire Investigators determined the cause of the two vegetation fires that burned nearly 200 acres last week.

[Update]: A parolee was arrested Sunday for wielding a machete in the 300 block of Arrellaga before hiding in a nearby apartment.

[Update]: The Windmill Fire is now 100% contained near Buellton.

[Update]: The Cruces Fire is 100% contained at approximately 77 acres.

An alleged DUI driver crashed a vehicle into the side of Los Olivos Baptist Church early Thursday morning.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies resolved an active confrontation with a man at the Jalama Beach Campground on Saturday.

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning to begin Monday morning through Thursday evening. 

[Update]: The man wanted for robbing the Goleta Rabobank at gunpoint on Friday morning is now dead, and possibly a serial bank robber known as the "Faux Badge Bandit."

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Sheriff Deputies have arrested three burglary suspects in a Montecito neighborhood after a multi-day manhunt.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to an early morning structure fire on Wednesday at the Landsby Hotel in Solvang.

The Santa Barbara City Council approved new ordinances on Tuesday to ban styrofoam, plastic straws, stirrers, and cutlery within city limits.

The new FEMA recovery map for Montecito is designed to help property owners rebuild after the January debris flow, but it almost doubles the size of the flood plain, frustrating homeowners.

A man was airlifted to the hospital after sustaining major injuries in a vehicle rollover collision on Highway 166 in Cuyama on Monday.

Target made a formal announcement on Monday stating their new 117,000 square-foot store will open in 2019 in Hollister Ave location Kmart plans to vacate this October.

How do you save lives and homes when “every acre can and will burn”?

Roger reports an active brush fire off Las Canoas with a chainsaw explosion and injury nearby.

A vehicle struck a power pole in Lompoc causing a widespread power outage in the Mission Hills area.

[Update]: Firefighters are on the scene of a 1/4 acre brush fire along Highway 101 southbound lanes near El Capitan State Beach.

Employees of the Kmart in Goleta were notified their store will be closing in October, possibly making way for a new Target location.

[Update]: With updated numbers, the Holiday Fire destroyed 10 homes in 113 acres.

An 80-year-old man and his pet cat survived a fire in their Goleta mobile home on Tuesday morning.

A 73-year-old woman was rescued off Cabrillo Blvd after being trapped in waist-deep sand at the mouth of Mission Creek.

Hollywood actor, singer, author, and longtime Montecito resident Tab Hunter passed away this week at age 86.

The City of Santa Barbara has approved three approved recreational marijuana locations within the city limits.

A four-acre brush fire sparked along Highway 101 near Solomon Grade early Sunday evening.

Two teenagers were rescued by Santa Barbara County Fire Department water units after being carried by the tide near Haskell's Beach on Sunday.

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network just barely missed being destroyed by the Holiday Fire in Goleta, but now they need help.

FEMA has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the State of California to combat the Holiday Fire burning in Santa Barbara County.

Edhat readers share photos and videos of the Holiday Fire in Goleta.