The City of Santa Maria is cracking down on illegal fireworks like never before, issuing a record number of citations over the Fourth of July holiday ...

A Santa Paula family is mourning the death of a 16-year-old boy who died in a shooting that is being investigated as possibly accidental.

A fatal collision in Oxnard blocks a major roadway, and a teen in Santa Paula dies from gunshot wound.

A fire that broke out along Highway 166 near the Gifford Trailhead east of Santa Maria Friday was 5 percent contained as of Saturday afternoon.

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of Santa Maria. It quickly ballooned to more than 23,000 acres within 24 ...

A record number of citations for the use of illegal fireworks might leave some Santa Maria residents with a Fourth of July hangover in the form of a fine.

Gifford Fire prompts Highway 166 road closure Highway 166 is closed from the north junction of the 101-freeway in Santa Maria to the southern junction of Highway 33 in Maricopa, according to Caltrans.

Firefighters are trying to gain control of the Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Gifford started along Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, adjacent to the footprint of the year’s previous biggest fire: Madre, which last month burned 80,779 acres in the Carrizo Plain area.

The Ventura County Fire Department ignited a controlled burn in the Adams Canyon area north of Santa Paula on July 24, creating some smoky skies.

City fire investigators have determined a recent fire at a low-income apartment complex in Santa Fe was ignited deliberately, and Santa Fe police have an ongoing probe into the incident ...