Hot weather has paired with low humidity and high winds for the past twelve days. There is good news on the way: a low-pressure trough is nearly here and will cool temps into the weekend.

The warming trend is keeping communities away from the coast a little warmer, thanks to high pressure aloft that is maintaining temperatures above normal inland through early next week.

The hottest temperatures are expected for communities away from the coast, but a shallow marine layer depth will keep temperatures closer to normal along the coast.

A brush fire erupted near Lake Piru in Ventura County on Thursday afternoon, growing rapidly to several hundred acres and leading to evacuation orders.

Evacuation warnings were expanded in San Luis Obispo County on Monday as the Gifford Fire continues to grow.

A Tsunami Advisory was issued for the West Coast, including California, following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia.

Through the Central Coast Hotline and grant funding from CalVet, Transitions-Mental Health Association is adding another program called VetWell.

On Friday, a federal court granted the Environmental Defense Center the right to join Santa Barbara County in a legal battle against oil giant ExxonMobil and Sable Offshore Corp.

San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, which manages the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service, announced that train service north of Goleta will be suspended from August 1 through August 16, 2025.

Thanks to a matching donation from the Marianne and Stacy Cocks Fund and an anonymous donor, all donations to Woods Humane Society will be doubled, up to $25,000, in August.

Two people were injured in a fire at an apartment complex on South 14th Street in Grover Beach on Tuesday morning.

This phase was originally slated to start in July, but after hearing concerns of community members, they decided to move the project to when school starts its session.