(Ray Ford / Noozhawk file photo) Federal investigators determined the fast-moving Cave Fire was human-caused, Los Padres National Forest spokesman Andrew Madsen said Wednesday. The wind-whipped ...

The Cave fire started just after 4 p.m. near East Camino Cielo and Painted Cave Road in Los Padres National Forest and by 9 p.m. had grown to at least 3,122 acres, according to the Santa Barbara ...

the planned burns are concentrated in the Painted Cave and Trout Club areas and the latest information about where fires are being conducted can be found on the Los Padres National Forest's social ...

The three-mule pack strings will be led by Forest Service rangers in period uniforms, Los Padres personnel among them. The head of the U.S. Forest Service, Mike Tidwell, will be riding in the wagon ..

LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, Calif ... at locations including the Los Padres National Fores, Painted Cave & Los Prietos, according to the SBCAPCD. Burns will happen if air and weather allow ...