Buildings in Santa Barbara and Goleta served as unintended targets in two separate vehicle collisions on June 9 and 10. One, ...

The good news is that the cop was wearing a bulletproof vest. No one, miraculously, got killed. But the cops went batshit.

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The Summer Solstice Parade this year is dedicated to Eric Lassen, who was the architect of community celebration and joy in ...

Early this morning, as it exited the southbound 101, a box truck wedged itself under the old railroad bridge on Los Patos Way ...

In a stunning development, San Marcos High baseball coach Wes Ghan Gibson has resigned effective immediately. Ghan Gibson’s ...

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The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is actively responding to concerns from business owners facing the possibility of immigration enforcement agents ...

Andy passed away after an extraordinarily lived three-quarters of century here on this wild ride called Planet Earth. In a collection of stories called “My Backstory,” Andy looked at his life through ...

The classic symbol of Americana — the circus — returns to Santa Barbara with dazzling new acts, from an aerialist ...

California regulators are expected to take a last, controversial step to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operating.

The Santa Barbara Tennis Club presents an art exhibit and reception themed around the wonderful world of water.