Luxury events and rental company Bliss Beach has teamed up with the City of Santa Barbara for 'The Barbara,' a ...

In California, where the next "Big One" is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

A Santa Barbara attorney pleaded not guilty Monday morning to charges that he sexually assaulted a woman who was intoxicated ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Even though another election won't be held until 2026, Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse is ready to ...

The bells of Old Mission Santa Barbara rang out Sunday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 earthquake that ...

To pass the budget, state legislatures would have to approve a bill reducing the role of the California Environmental Quality ...

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We are local architects, designers and planners who have spent much of our professional lives in Santa Barbara. We cherish ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man who was found unresponsive in his cell the ...

Latinas in California's Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Ventura counties earn only 47–50 cents for every dollar earned by a non-Hispanic white man, according to a new study.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Announces In-Custody Death of 54-Year-Old Santa Maria Man at Northern Branch Jail ...