Santa Barbara is ramping up efforts to shut down illegal vacation rentals and is even considering a new home-sharing ...

A Santa Barbara man was sentenced to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to animal cruelty, authorities ...

Santa Barbara, CA, August 6, 2025 - The Santa Barbara Foundation has officially become the fiscal sponsor for the Santa Barbara Reading Coalition, marking ...

Bonnie Carroll presents Randy Rowse, Mayor of Santa Barbara the 2025 Sister Cities International Annual Award. | Credit: ...

Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta returned last week with colorful parades, live music and a strong turnout at events ...

On Thursday, charges were filed against 34-year-old Caihong Lei who was arrested Monday of this week in connection with a ...

Jorge Gonzalez, who is 6-foot-5 and 310 pounds, worked in the fields this summer earning money so he could buy a car.

The wildfire is nearing 100,000 acres burned, though containment is increasing slowly. Here’s the latest update.

Most areas will see minor cooling Friday, more noticeable along the coast, though inland valleys will remain hot & dry ...

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

Ready to see a SpaceX Falcon 9 blast off into the sky? The first California rocket launch of August could take place this ...