California is dotted with towns that don’t just allow pets — they basically roll out the red carpet for them. My dog Charlie ...

Butterfly Beach in neighboring Montecito offers a perfect crescent of sand without the crowds of more famous California beaches. The gentle waves make swimming accessible even for those whose surfing ...

Cliff Drive, one of Santa Barbara's most automobile-centric streets in terms of its design, is about to experience a transformation, with bicyclists and ...

The Santa Barbara Airport is returning to normal operations after it lost service because of cut fiber cables. The downed cables caused the city of Santa Barbara to lose its 9-1-1 services on ...

The Santa Barbara to King Harbor boat race is in its 53rd year. It began outside of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – There is a county-wide phone outage impacting 911 and emergency ten-digit lines in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Tuesday.

Community Events & Festivals (EF): Catalyzing events that enhance Santa Barbara’s cultural and economic vitality, with a maximum request of $15,000. The Cultural Arts Grants are funded and supported ...

New York, and its up-and-coming spots in Santa Barbara and Las Vegas. Horowitz’s family has roots in Santa Barbara, which inspired her to open a gym in the city, she said. “Between limited suitable ...

A widespread power outage in the Santa Barbara area caused a major telecommunications disruption and forced the rescheduling of a planned SpaceX launch Tuesday afternoon. According to the Federal A… ...

UC Regents named Dennis Assanis to be the UC Santa Barbara chancellor. The former University of Delaware president replaces former Chancellor Henry T. Yang, who stepped down this month.

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.

There were tense moments at Tuesday's Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting, where more than 100 people came to speak and ask for more transparency in response to recent ICE arrests in ...