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Press release WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced the first round of grants from its recently launched Pacific Southwest Fuels Management Partnership. The $1.7 million in awards announced will fund four projects...

The view from atop Conejo Mountain is postcard-worthy. It's 360 degrees of Southern California: mountains, coastline, cookie-cutter homes. But if you look closer, the greens, blues and browns of Conejo are charred away, burnt a charcoal black. Mike...

Big Sir, CA…A wildfire started around midnight in the vicinity of Pfeiffer Ridge in the Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest. The fire has burned at least 500 with 5 percent containment. Due to the heavy smoke and rough terrain...

Sunset on the Chumash; Photo Credit Eldon M. Walker I thought it strange that a trail camp would be outfitted with a sprinkler system, so when the first shout of “Snake!” came up the line, I hadn’t paid much attention. I was still looking for the sprinklers...

Welcome to our first installment of a series on the cheapest homes in America’s most expensive real estate markets. Santa Barbara, CA, is currently the most expensive market on realtor.com®. In this stately city along California’s central coast, buyers...