With peak fire season now here, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is ramping its operations in order to be fully prepared and ready to respond when the need arrives.

The Howe fire near Torrey Canyon and East Guiberson roads, just south of Piru and the Santa Clara River, has grown overnight to 34 acres with zero containment. About 18 miles west, the larger Maria ...

The Maria Fire broke out in the Santa Clara river bottom west of Hobson Road on the south side of Santa Paula on Monday, June ...

A woman escaped harm during a house fire Sunday afternoon in Lebanon, authorities said. The woman’s home is a total loss and she lost most of her belongings, including her clothing, Kristen Linton, ...

The blaze was reported in the area of South Palm Avenue and East Santa Maria Street shortly after 3:20 p.m., according to initial reports.

On Monday, a pair of vegetation fires broke out in Ventura County, requiring assistance from large firefighting crews.

Maria Fire initially started 3:22 p.m. June 16 in Ventura County. Since its discovery 15 hours ago, it has burned 60 acres.

As crews worked to put out a vegetation fire sparked along the Santa Clara River bottom in Ventura County, a bigger brush fire broke out along the river.

A challenge to the West Manatee Fire Rescue District’s ability to assess vacation rentals as commercial properties has failed ...

Firefighters in Ventura County were battling two brush fires Monday night. The Howe fire, the larger blaze, had blackened ...

The Maria Fire broke out in the Santa Clara river bottom west of Hobson Road on the south side of Santa Paula on Monday, June ...