SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 9 (UPI) -- Evacuation orders were lifted Saturday for thousands of residents of Santa Barbara County as firefighters began to contain a Southern California wildfire.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 8 (UPI) -- Dry conditions that have fed recent wildfires in Southern California are likely to continue for at least the next two decades, a meteorologist said Friday.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- A wildfire raged out of control near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, forcing 13,000 residents to flee and destroying at least 20 homes, fire officials said.
DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Cooler temperatures and a lull in the winds Monday allowed Southern California firefighters to make more progress against a trio of devastating wildfires.
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.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- City council officials in Santa Barbara, Calif., voted against a county proposal to urge state officials to support off-shore oil drilling.
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.
WATSONVILLE, Calif., June 21 (UPI) -- California firefighters said Saturday they hoped to contain a 500-acre wildfire in Santa Cruz County, the latest of three serious fires there in recent weeks.
ELKO, Nev., July 8 (UPI) -- Wildfires erupted throughout the western United States as temperatures spiked and lightning struck, it was reported Sunday.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A fast-moving wildfire threatened thousands of homes Sunday in Southern California's Ventura County.
