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The Santa Barbara Culinary Experience takes place May 10, 12-18. For more information, see https://sbce.events/. And stay ...

Santa Barbara isn’t just home to stunning hikes and great food—it’s also packed with some of the most beautiful beaches on ...

A Santa Barbara ribbon-cutting ceremony today marked the completion of two Highway 101 projects, from Carpinteria to ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - What was meant to be a spiritual honeymoon turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Alec Gasca and his wife. Gasca, the ...

Tenants who are evicted for a renovation will have the right to return to their homes at no more than a 10% increase in rent, ...

A grassroots campaign to protect Californians’ rights to public beach access is stopping in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...

A rendering of El Presidio de Santa Bárbara, circa 1790s, as painted by retired Navy aerial photographer Russell Antonio Ruiz, a descendant of Comandante ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Brandyn Barbara Artis, an actress who appeared in films including George Lucas’ THX 1138 and Randa Haines’ The Doctor, has died. She was 81. Artis battled breast ...

Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. Stars have been everywhere this week, from Ryan Gosling keeping it low-key in Santa Barbara, California, to Mariska Hargitay filming Law & Order ...

If it fetches its asking price of $5 million, this three-story, 3,160-square-foot residence in downtown Santa Barbara, California, will set a record as the most expensive condominium ever sold in ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said, for context, that there were 256 citations and 32 arrests in 2024, and 151 citations and 23 arrests in 2023. This year’s Deltopia event kicked ...