SCE customers billed for days without power, while water rates surge despite firefighting shortages Scrolling through local social media, one sees postings objecting to Southern California Edison ...

The most recent devastation was in 2018, after the Thomas Fire. A debris flow in Montecito killed 23 people, many of them drowned in waves of mud or crushed by debris. In the areas scarred by the ...

The most recent devastation was in 2018, after the Thomas Fire. A debris flow in Montecito killed 23 people, many of them drowned in waves of mud or crushed by debris. In the areas scarred by the ...

Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a freight train, picking up or destroying anything in their path. They can move ...

So far, official blame has not yet been cast on Southern California Edison Co. for either blaze, with the events of Jan. 7 still under concentrated investigation. However, the fire that made ashes of ...

There could be restrictions to the Hot Springs Road parking and trail use in certain Montecito weather conditions. The safety plan goes to the Board of Supervisors.

An assistant wildlife biologist with Los Padres National Forest is among the thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees ...

SoCal Edison rate hike approved to cover cost of 2017 Thomas Fire Your electricity rates could be going up to help Southern California Edison cover more than $1.6 billion in payments the utility ...

The 2017 Thomas fire swept through almost 282,000 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, destroying more than 1,000 structures and causing two deaths. Investigators said Edison’s equipment ...

Southern California has a history of such catastrophic events. The most recent devastation was in 2018, when a debris flow in Montecito after the Thomas Fire killed 23 people, many of them drowned in ...

The most recent devastation was in 2018, when a debris flow in Montecito after the Thomas Fire killed 23 people, many of them drowned in waves of mud or crushed by debris. In the areas scarred by ...