Below is a press release from the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District regarding Air Quality Watch for the county in the midst of the Madre ...

PG&E is warning customers of scams that have been going around the Central Coast and have resulted in over $190,000 stolen so far. The utility company has received over 10,000 reports of scams ...

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NPR Music received a record number of entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest: 7,500. The judges discovered so many amazing entries, and now we're sharing some of those standouts here.

The House on Thursday passed a bill setting up a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, sending the cryptocurrency bill to President Trump’s desk and marking a major win for the industry ...

The California red-legged frog tadpoles were rescued from the mountains after the LA wildfires and extreme weather threatened their survival.

House Republicans early Thursday morning passed Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and sent it to the president's desk.

A new law bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protection orders, stripping families’ and the police’s ability to ask courts to remove weapons from those in crisis.

Most visitors to the state make a beeline to the tourist towns of Santa Fe and Taos. But a former resident argues that New Mexico’s misunderstood big city is every bit as dynamic—and deserving ...

Credit: Courtesy SANTA BARBARA, CA — On Saturday, August 2nd from noon to 6PM, the Santa Barbara Soaring Association (SBSA) invites the public to celebrate 50 years of free flight at the iconic Elings ...

The University of California Board of Regents today approved Dr. Dennis Assanis as UC Santa Barbara’s sixth chancellor. He will assume his role on September 1, 2025. Assanis comes to UC from the ...