SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A 38-year-old man fell 50 feet from the Painted Cave area hillside at around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday night, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD). The man ...
In a first, recently retired Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal Rob Hazard spoke out against a housing development last month, countering the findings of county planners and warning of fire risks. It ...
A housing development in Santa Barbara’s Painted Cave community got a rare second chance on Wednesday. Neighborhood protests that the project — two new homes on Painted Cave Road next to Laurel ...
Santa Barbara County Planning Commissioner C. Michael Cooney says during Wednesday's meeting that he could not support plans for two new homes in the Painted Cave community. He proposed giving more ...
From Santa Barbara, take U.S. Route 101 north, then turn onto State Route 154 toward Los Padres National Forest. From there, snake your way up Painted Cave Road, a treacherous strip of asphalt lacking ...
A driver was injured Thursday afternoon in a rollover crash on Highway 154 near Painted Cave Road. Credit: Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo One person was taken to the hospital Thursday ...
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Bureau is investigating the death of a diver whose body was recovered from the waters near Painted Cave Preserve on Santa Cruz Island. Coroner’s ...
Santa Barbara County firefighters are continuing their work of pile burns in the Painted Cave Road area near Highway 154. The prescribed pile burning will last until December 4, if conditions allow.