A popular camping site and area for outdoor activities in Santa Barbara County is scheduled to close for about a year to allow for major upgrades. El Capitan State Beach will shut down for about one ...

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Campers at El Capitan State Beach are now experiencing Santa Barbara County’s drought on an uncomfortable personal level. The beach’s public showers are no longer open because the site’s well can’t ...

El Capitan State Beach is expected to close to camping for about nine months starting in August 2022. Brooke Holland Noozhawk.com An upgrade project at El Capitan State Beach off Highway 101 in Santa ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Annette Brink, her three dogs, and husband visit El Capitan State Beach to camp three to four times a year. "We ...

A wind-driven fire burning near Gaviota in Santa Barbara County prompted closures of Highway 101 and the evacuation of the coastal El Capitan campground Thursday afternoon. The Real Fire was reported ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It’s a beautiful day at Refugio State Beach. I" came down from Lompoc. I was excited to see the closed sign wasn’t up. And I just wanted to come down … check it out … see what ...

There’s trouble in hikers’ paradise. Last year the nonprofit Trust for Public Land bought 2,500-acre El Capitan Ranch, just inland from El Capitan State Beach about 20 miles north of Santa Barbara.

Heavy rain caused flooding in El Capitan Canyon campground that forced evacuations and rescues of multiple people this morning. Take a look at these pictures from Len Wood and Santa Barbara County ...