The city of Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley Fire District and Central Fire District announced Thursday that they are partnering to ...

Christopher Meloni, the legendary "Law & Order: SVU" star, is saddened by the passing of a show icon. Ted Kotcheff, a ...

Budget hearings in Santa Barbara County continue with concerns over federal funding cuts. Most departments will see no ...

Sable Offshore Corp. faces a record penalty for ignoring Coastal Commission orders related to a pipeline linked to a 2015 ...

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RIGHT NOW, A MAN AND A WOMAN ARE DEAD AFTER A HOUSE FIRE ... County Sunday morning. One of the deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Alysse Saucedo, a resident of the home. Multiple ...

The Horry County Fire Department first reported on its social media account about the 7-acre fire on Friday evening. The wildfire is in the area of West Perry Road, Myrtle Ridge Drive and Middle ...

The Baltimore County Fire Department is mourning one of its own.Lt. Raymond Vargas Jr., who served out of the Baltimore County Fire Station 55 in Perry Hall, died Thursday from cancer."We will ...

Credit: Bea Davis Photography photo The Santa Barbara County Fire Department doesn’t plan to expand its ambulance services, saying it would be financially unsustainable. American Medical ...

said Baltimore County Fire Department spokesman Lt. David Blenman. The apartment on the 9800 block of Bon Haven Lane in Owings Mills was reported on fire at 3:33 p.m. Wednesday. During search ...

The San Luis Obispo City Fire Department is conducting a training burn at Station 1 at 2160 Santa Barbara Avenue Thursday ... alongside the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District ...

San Diego County saw a nearly 9% decrease in acreage with “very high” fire hazard compared to 2011, Cal Fire reported this week in a release of new maps for areas under local and county fire ...