It’s safe to say there’s no legislator more familiar with battling fires against the Santa Ana winds than Sen. Kelly Seyarto.

What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.

A severe storm making its way into Southern California has triggered concerns of mud and debris flows in areas hit by the ...

Kevin Baird’s home, located up against Carpinteria’s foothills, was immensely overgrown when Baird and his wife, Donna, ...