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Old Mission Santa Barbara and St. Barbara Parish are now calling on the wider community to help close the remaining funding gap. “I invite everyone to consider helping us achieve this significant goal ...
As local food banks face USDA funding shortages, the Santa Barbara Unified School District is filling in the gaps.
Thomas G. Carey Thomas G. Carey “Tom G.” peacefully entered into the presence of the Lord on July 8, 2025 after a long and valiant battle with throat ...
LVMH is selling its only US hotel, the El Encanto in Santa Barbara, California, to a partnership of brothers Justin and Tyler Mateen and Culver Capital for $82.2 million. The sale price per room ...
The 2024 County of Santa Barbara Crop & Livestock Report shows that strawberries remain the county’s top crop, contributing $860 million — over 40% of the total agricultural value.
The long-running legal dispute between tenants and a property owner at 215 Bath Street is heading to trial, with a verdict expected later this month.
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.
The soap star, best known for his roles in “General Hospital,” “Santa Barbara” and Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” died on June 22, in Burbank, Calif.
Joe Marinelli, who played the cross-dressing mobster Bunny Tagliatti on Santa Barbara and a TV director on The Morning Show, has died at 68.
Santa Barbara County BOS adopts $1.69B budget Jennifer Best Contributing Writer Jun 18, 2025 Updated Jun 24, 2025 ...
Thrifty Beaches selects Santa Barbara for second store following Instagram poll. New 9,000-square-foot location on State Street to feature vintage goods, vehicles. Owner Adam Kemp eyes national ...
Santa Barbara has a reputation for being expensive, but it may be worse than you think. The new state threshold for a low-income household in Santa Barbara County is $98,850.