Santa Barbara County officials are seeking community input ahead of plans to expand the Northern Branch Jail and downsize the Main Jail near Santa ...

Stephan Swenson didn’t get a good first look at paradise. The azure of UC Santa Barbara’s seaside campus was cloaked in a heavy, gray mist last April when ...

If you’re not a natural birder, you may wonder why you should care about birds at all. Yet, it may surprise you to learn that these feathered flyers are ...

Kyle McKittrick was living an active Santa Barbara life in 2018 — working construction, bartending at Pierre Lafond in Montecito, hiking with his dog and ...

I don’t know why, but I always miss the planet Jupiter when it’s not in our evening sky. Sure, we’ve now got dazzling Venus lighting up our western sky at ...

Dos Pueblos boys basketball dropped its annual non-league matchup with powerhouse Mater Dei by a score of 94-32 on the road on Saturday. The Monarchs got ...

Laura Abrignani Blair Pence The Granada Theatre’s Board of Directors is expanding with the recent addition of Laura Abrignani and Blair Pence. "Our ...

State Street Ballet celebrates 30 years of “The Nutcracker” with a production featuring over 150 dancers, musicians and performers, Saturday, Dec. 21 and ...

Westmont Men's Basketball (2-5) experienced their final tune-up before conference play on Saturday night, when they hosted the Warriors of Life Pacific ...

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Construction along Highway 101 near Refugio State Beach will require a traffic alignment set to go into effect next week for drivers and detours for ...

The Santa Barbara Unified School District was one of two districts in the state of California to get an invitation to the governor's mansion to meet with ...