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.

How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.

Soil moisture levels across much of the region from Santa Barbara to San Diego hover between just 2% and 5% of average — leaving dust where there should be mud.

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As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, three fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.

In 2021, Powell earned CIF San Diego Section Player of The Year honors while leading Torrey Pines to a 30-1 record. His older brother, Mikey, is an assistant coach at UC San Diego where he still holds the program record for career assists (502).

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.

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.

SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday morning, Jan. 20, which can be seen above Southern California.

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The Eaton and Palisades fires have changed life for thousands of Los Angeles residents. Now, scientists are investigating how the blazes may also impact marine life some hundreds of miles offshore. Scientists aboard a research vessel off the California coast were collecting samples when the fires broke out.