In a first, recently retired Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal Rob Hazard spoke out against a housing development last month, countering the findings of county planners and warning of fire risks. It ...

A housing development in Santa Barbara’s Painted Cave community got a rare second chance on Wednesday. Neighborhood protests that the project — two new homes on Painted Cave Road next to Laurel ...

Santa Barbara County Planning Commissioner C. Michael Cooney says during Wednesday's meeting that he could not support plans for two new homes in the Painted Cave community. He proposed giving more ...

With two homes proposed for adjacent lots along Painted Cave Road, neighbors say adding new people to the small community will make it harder to evacuate and will increase the risk of fire. Credit: ...