The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office announced this week that 33 additional victims have come forward in the alleged luxury car ...

August 27, 2025 Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) is proud to present the second annual Raíces y Sueños (Roots ...

August 27, 2025 The City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department has announced a new free community event ...

Watching Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner emerge on stage at the Bowl like Botticelli’s Birth of Venus from a clamshell ...

Last month, Friendship Center brought the joy and spirit of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta directly to its ...

The San Marcos High girls’ volleyball team registered a sweep of visiting Royal 25-23, 25-18, 25-12 on Tuesday night at the ...

At the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors (SBAOR), we believe in the power of community and the importance of giving back.

Richelle Boyd brings us three books with spectacular female characters and Tessa spotlights area author Linda Allen Blue.

One last mile of bike path will finally be built to connect Isla Vista to Santa Barbara and beyond, a three-year process that ...

As Santa Barbara County families settle in to back-to-school schedules, access to digital tools and reliable internet is more ...

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Of all the reasons to spend five days in the pediatric wing of a hospital, an appendectomy is a great one. We’re lucky to have a healthy boy, minus one appendix, and his healthy sister home now. We’re ...