World Spay Day is a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of spaying and neutering as a ...

Credit: Courtesy The Westmont Observatory opens to the public for a rare lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. This will be the ...

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Credit: Courtesy SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA - Set beneath the soaring, hand-painted ceilings of the landmark Santa Barbara County Courthouse, the 43rd ...

The storybook village of Solvang, California ( affectionately known as “The Danish Capital of America,” has been nominated once again for the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards in the 2026 ...

Re: People v. Aloysius JamesSanta Barbara Superior Court Case No 24CR02219 SANTA MARIA, Calif., February 27, 2026 — Santa Barbara County District Attorney ...

Walking through Paso Nuevo, I noticed half of those shops are closed. Their windows need to be decorated as well.

I am not red and I am not blue. I’m a window, crystal clear, and here’s my heart jutting out and my soul in pieces.

Football, they say, is a game of inches, but oil development off the coast of Santa Barbara is played out on an infinitely ...

Indrid Bostrom Today, U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) issued the statement below following the Trump ...

Today, the storyline for extending the state’s five-year extension for Diablo Canyon Power Plant — originally to power the ...

It was the first CIF-SS Championship for the Bishop Diego girls’ basketball team since 2015 when a team led by Jordyn Lilly and Hannah Rodger defeated Bloomington Christian 46-31 in the CIF-SS ...