SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Investigators who examined the wreckage of the scuba-diving boat Conception have not been able to determine the cause of a fire that killed 34 people off the Santa Barbara ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Cachuma Lake is busy, even on a Monday. Visitors aren’t just camping, fishing, and boating, they’re also checking out the water level. Mary Lee Knecht, regional chief ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- As teams of federal, state and local officials looked into exactly what made a deadly fire break out on a diving boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, many were stopping to ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Authorities said Friday medical examiners believe dozens of people trapped when a scuba diving boat caught fire off the Santa Barbara coast died of smoke inhalation, not burns ...

Boats float around Lake Cachuma. Santa Barbara County is exploring how to change the rule that prevents visitors from swimming in the reservoir. Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo The long-standing ...

Boats float around Lake Cachuma. Santa Barbara County is exploring how to change the rule that prevents visitors from swimming in the reservoir. Daniel Green/Noozhawk photo The long-standing rule ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- As the investigation into what caused the fatal dive-boat fire off the coast of Santa Barbara last week continues, one experienced diver who has been aboard the ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Cachuma Lake is currently at 89% capacity, and the Rainbows are here. The Rainbow Trout that is! In ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The owner of the diving boat that was engulfed in flames and sank off the coast of Santa Barbara says the crew tried desperately to save the passengers trapped by flames, but ...