Cracking nine wines I made from 2012 to 2020; plus, lots of food and wine events on the way; Green Guide highlights; and low ...

The millions-year-old specimen discovered by a fossil enthusiast on the Gaviota Coast may be a never-before-found genus or ...

The proposal includes introducing a new test lot in the Funk Zone and cracking down on the “75-minute shuffle.” ...

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Santa Barbara may be an attractive place to live, but the city government is having trouble filling vacant positions within its various departments. The vacancy rate rose to nearly 10 percent during ...

SANTA YNEZ, CA – April 15, 2025 – The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ Environmental Department will host its annual free ...

A short film written by UC Santa Barbara student Travers Tobis was nominated for a College Television Award — an honor often ...

Helga Carden passed away peacefully on March 4, 2025, in Santa Barbara at the age of 99. A Holocaust survivor, ...

The Condor Community Choir, made up of 34 Santa Barbara Unified students, traveled to New York to perform in a national youth ...

A dream season for the Dos Pueblos High boys’ lacrosse team reached a significant milestone as the Chargers clinched an outright Channel League Championship with a 17-3 victory over rival Santa ...

LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man was arrested today on a 10-count federal grand jury indictment alleging his company and he defrauded customers by misleading them as to the nature of helicopter ...

Santa Barbara, CA — Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) has been selected as one of 36 organizations across the Central Coast ...