The chief of the Lompoc City Fire Department is expected to leave the post next month to become chief of the Montecito Fire Protection District, Montecito officials announced.

UPDATE (3:23 p.m.) - Fire officials say forward progress for the fire was stopped shorlty before 3 p.m. Fire personnel will remain on scene overnight working to increase containment lines and put out ...

March will be Montecito Fire Protection District Fire Chief David Neels’ last month with the district, as he plans to retire after 36 years of public ...

May 4—Crews quickly extinguished a fire that broke out early Wednesday at Lompoc Restaurant, located on North H Street, according to officials. The fire was reported at about 4 a.m. at the restaurant ...

LOMPOC, Calif. – A group of citizens helped extinguish a fire just past Las Cruces in Lompoc on Highway 1, just past 3 p.m. on Saturday. Angelina McCray and five other bystanders stopped a fire with a ...

Nov 7, 2024 Nov 7, 2024 Updated Dec 13, 2025 Nearby schools, the Lompoc campus of Allan Hancock College, and residents of Providence Landing and lower Vandenberg Village were evacuated after a ...