My first stint in “the Santa Barbara–Goleta area,” as my 5-year-old calls it for unknown reasons, was as a UCSB student. The ...

Renowned actresses Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jane Fonda joined forces with hundreds of concerned citizens and environmentalists ...

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The final round of rain for the week is expected to deliver between a tenth and quarter of an inch of rain along the coast ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 11:20 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Range Fire has been burning on federal land managed ...

A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 12:02 a.m. in effect until 3 a.m. for Catalina/Santa ...

Jim Jackson The Santa Barbara Zoo has appointed Jim Jackson as the new chair of the Board of Directors, and adds new board members Ozlem Arconian, Hillary ...

Princes Harry made a surprise appearance at the One805 Rock for Responders concert in Santa Barbara to support recovery after ...

An updated wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 2:40 a.m. in effect until Saturday, Mar. 15 ...

The California Rangeland Trust brought its annual Reunir celebration back to Santa Barbara County for the first time in more than a decade, marked by the ...

The company hasn't shown harm but has raised concerns about possible political bias by state coastal officials, a Donald Trump-appointed federal judge found.

Range Fire initially started 11:20 a.m. March 12 in Santa Barbara County. After being active for 21 hours, it has burned 14.2 acres. By Thursday morning, the fire crew has achieved full containment of ...