MONTECITO , Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Prosecutors are deciding whether to charge a group of people who left a smoldering bonfire officials think sparked the Tea fire in California, officials said.
YORBA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- As many as 870 homes may have been burned and 30,000 people have been evacuated as a result of three wildfires in Southern California.
MONTECITO, Calif., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County Friday as an out-of-control wildfire raged near Montecito.
GOLETA, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Firefighters struggled Thursday in Southern California to keep a wildfire as small as possible as it devoured brush they said had not burned for 50 years.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ash is falling like snow from a 6-week-old fire in Santa Barbara County in California.