Historical Landmarks Commission gets an update on the academy’s plans to transform the three-story building at the corner of ...

County officials hosted a ribbon cutting for the new countywide dispatch center on Cathedral Oaks Road on December 9.

Shyama Osborne was just five years old when she watched the December 1941 attack that launched the country into WWII.

Mezzo-soprano Xeni Tziouvaras is an international performer, but this weekend, she’ll be returning to her home church for a ...

Elizabeth Hamel, 18, fell two or three stories at San Rafael Residence Hall in February after leaving an Isla Vista ...

Bishop Diego athletics took center stage at Monday’s SBART press luncheon as the Cardinals celebrated a CIF champion girls ...

Since early November, more than 120 seabirds — primarily Western Grebes, a diving creature with red eyes and sharp yellow ...

He stopped, glared, uttered a profanity, and quickly rode away. I grinned, remembering those days. Not many rules. Freedom.

Certain single-use plastics may soon be banned in the City of Santa Barbara. Items include small plastic water bottles, mylar ...

To know Yoel Haller was to know warmth, cheerfulness, dedication, and social conscience. His eldest daughter, Heidi, ...

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On December 11, the Santa Barbara Unified School Board will vote on a “Housekeeping” power grab that would quietly strip its highly qualified community representative Finance Committee chair of their ...