Five months after The Ellwood opened at Goleta Beach Park, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has approved extending the lease with the ...

Property owners who live in Santa Barbara County's designated flood zones will see their annual fees jump by 3.02% for the ...

School’s out for summer, but the hands-on learning continues at United Way’s “Fun in the Sun” program. Part of that includes ...

On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury released the results of its investigation of three in-custody deaths at ...

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Students in Santa Barbara High School’s groundbreaking Translation & Interpretation Pathway graduated with professional ...

The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury investigated the current cannabis tax revenue and cannabis tax expenditures and how they ...

The unemployment rate in each of the tri-counties saw continued declines in May from April, but the jobless rate is still higher than at this time a year ago. According to the latest data provided by ...

A Santa Barbara County winemaker is asking the court to allow his class action lawsuit over the “strong stench” of pot to proceed to trial.

Gusty northerly winds will continue across southern Santa Barbara County, the Interstate 5 Corridor, and other interior areas ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has approved more than $50,000 in grant funding for the 2025-2026 Arts Making ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a wind advisory at 10:08 a.m. on Saturday valid from noon until Sunday 5 a.m. for ...