The Community Environmental Council’s free Central Coast AgLink platform is connecting farmers, ranchers, and land stewards ...

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This past March, Charles Love passed away, just months shy of the 50 th anniversary of our family’s arrival in Santa Barbara.

A wanted man has been safely apprehended following a standoff at his apartment with his family inside. On Wednesday, July 9, ...

The Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of its annual scholarship, awarded to an ...

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) and sailors from the Royal Thai Navy pose for ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures is off and running for its 2025-26 season, as the retiring game-changer Celesta Billeci passes the ...

"I just hope I get my mom back," says 15-year-old Juan Martinez, who is now caring for his brothers, ages 8 and 9.

Marcia Rickard’s exhibition “Gimme Shelter,” at the Architectural Foundation Gallery, deals with uprooted domesticity, from ...

Homeland security and ICE agents were seen taking farmworkers into custody in Carpinteria and Camarillo Thursday morning; ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – Travelers will be impacted by traffic control for a pair of events this Summer in Lompoc. The Lompoc ...

GOLETA, CA, July 11, 2025 – Join the City of Goleta and Mission Refill for a meaningful morning of community and environmental stewardship on Saturday, July 19, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., as ...