The Santa Barbara County Education Office is proud to share that four exceptional teachers have been recognized with the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara’s Teacher Recognition Awards for the 2024-25 ...

Hundreds of people gather at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Barbara on Thursday for a May Day rally in support of workers' rights and in opposition to the policies of President ...

We’ve been celebrating Julia Child’s spirit under the banner of the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience (SBCE) for five years now. Though the initial, most ambitious attempt in March 2020 was scuttled ...

Santa Barbara Culinary Experience is almost here — more than 75 events begin May 12 — and founder Eric W. Spivey is eager to share what makes this region and SBCE so special. As the founder of SBCE ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A popular Santa Barbara comic book shop is reeling after its second break-in in four months, with both incidents targeting valuable Pokémon cards. Metro Entertainment ...

Santa Barbara Zoo officials announced on Facebook the passing of Kisa, their elderly snow leopard. Kisa was born at the Denver Zoo in 2008 and came to Santa Barbara in 2019 when she was 11 years old.

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Phyllis de Picciotto, a co-founder of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, has died. She was 84. De Picciotto died April 14 of heart failure at a hospice ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) has reversed course on previously announced arts staffing reductions, rescinding layoff notices for junior high band and ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly stabbing that occurred Wednesday night. It happened in the area of San Simeon Drive and Turnpike Road in Santa Barbara at abou ...

Liz Hamel, 18, was found unconscious outside a dorm on the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara Feb. 14 after apparently falling from a breezeway. She died days later. But what ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, with average highs hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- The family of a UC Santa Barbara student is desperate for answers after the freshman died after a fall on campus. Liz Hamel, 18, died from injuries she sustained ...