The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara, just reopened after an extensive renovation, and Travel + Leisure was the first to ...

Santa Barbara County is blessed with a diversity of vital nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the health, well-being, growth, civic leadership and compassion of our community ...

(June 2025) Santa Barbara, CA – Get ready to orbit the extraordinary at the Santa Barbara Zoo’s signature fundraiser, Zoofari ...

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 embraced a Spanish architectural style, including red-tiled roofs, when rebuilding from the 1925 earthquake. Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo.

CARPINTERIA, Calif. – In Carpinteria, one small shop is creating a big buzz — protecting pollinators and teaching the community to do the same. Santa Barbara Hives Cafe & Bakery, founded by ...

A court decision has forced Sable Offshore Corp. to delay controversial plans to restart offshore oil operations along Santa Barbara County's coastline.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – It was a tragedy that changed a Santa Barbara woman’s life forever. A violent crash on August 9, 2016, claimed the lives of three ...

Texas firm trying to restart oil drilling off Santa Barbara hits roadblock with judge’s ruling. Sable Offshore Corp. oil platform Harmony off the coast of Refugio State Beach.

According to the Daily Mail‘s Martin Robinson, “[The] new opinion poll is a wake-up call for ‘The Sovereign of Santa Barbara,’ the ‘Viscountess of Montecito,’ ‘Me-Me-Meghan Markle.’ ...

Whether you need to be a stone's throw from the studios, the beach or hiking trails, these are the best resorts, hotels and ...