The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (12-6, 4-3 Big West) hit the road to take on the UC San Diego Tritons (15-4, 5-2 Big West) Thursday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Santa Barbara-UC San Diego prediction and pick.

Several counties in Southern California faced "critical" fire risks this week, according to an AccuWeather forecast.

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The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the Otay Mountains of San Diego's South Bay near the border.

I wanted to put together a quick list of Southern California independent bookstores. But I found, even just writing down shops off the top of my head, that this list was going to be longer than

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"If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior," the NWS warns.

ORANGE, Calif. — The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency is offering $10 fares on the Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® train service for travel anywhere on the LOSSAN Rail Corridor to assist those impacted by the Southern California wildfires with low-cost travel throughout the region.

UC Santa Barbara’s location provides a refuge from wildfires. The university protrudes into the ocean, which limits the direction from which a fire can approach. And the campus is flanked to the north by the airport and surrounding wetlands, not a likely conduit for fire.

We’ve got you covered for all the exciting action this weekend. Follow along on the Santa Barbara Invite 2025 Event Page for livestreams and updates throughout the weekend. The event begins January 25th, LIVE on Ultiworld.com. Read on for streaming details and previews of all the main storylines.

The UC San Diego men’s basketball team fell to UC Riverside Saturday 85-81, despite a 32-point performance from Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones.

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