Over the past three years, an economic crimes investigator has been investigating a major fraud case in which a advertising ...

Anthony Rodolfo Samayoa, 20, was arrested on suspicion of DUI, vehicular homicide and attempted car theft, while passenger ...

Mike Harrah, president of Caribou Industries, said construction is expected to begin by the second quarter. The 3rd and ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. As part of what it described as an ongoing investigation, the ...

Last week, Santa Ana wind gusts reached hurricane strength at times before calming somewhat over the weekend, giving local firefighters backed by reinforcements from out of state and even Mexico ...

Days before hurricane-force Santa Ana wind gusts fueled fires that devastated Los Angeles, meteorologists posted eerily accurate warnings that such a scenario was possible. But they’ve had a ...

While the cause of fires remains unknown, the severity and growth of these fires can be attributed to the weather, specifically, the Santa Ana winds. Typically, the winds in Southern California ...

A video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah scolding his son Jay Shah, chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has taken social media by storm. The incident occurred during aarti at the ...

The terrain allows for the development of Santa Ana winds that cause any fire to spread very quickly. On a smaller scale, I saw firsthand how the wind and terrain could turn a small fire into a ...

Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work ...