A short film written by UC Santa Barbara student Travers Tobis was nominated for a College Television Award — an honor often ...

SANTA YNEZ, CA – April 15, 2025 – The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ Environmental Department will host its annual free ...

The Condor Community Choir, made up of 34 Santa Barbara Unified students, traveled to New York to perform in a national youth ...

Santa Barbara, San Marcos, and Dos Pueblos High Schools get ready to sing and dance their hearts out in “Hadestown,” ...

Helga Carden passed away peacefully on March 4, 2025, in Santa Barbara at the age of 99. A Holocaust survivor, ...

A Goleta resident allegedly involved in a stabbing on State Street earlier this month pleaded not guilty on April 15 to felony charges of attempted murder with special allegations of using a knife to ...

LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man was arrested today on a 10-count federal grand jury indictment alleging his company and he defrauded customers by misleading them as to the nature of helicopter ...

Santa Barbara, CA — Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) has been selected as one of 36 organizations across the Central Coast ...

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(SANTA BARBARA, Calif .) — Santa Barbara County Animal Services (SBCAS) is excited to introduce a new community resource for residents that helps reunite lost pets with their families quickly and ...

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is pleased to announce the winners of its first “Keep Our Air Clean” Student Art Contest. Earlier this school year, APCD invited students ...

Celebrate Earth Day in Goleta THIS Saturday, April 19 with the City’s 3rd Annual Beautify Goleta Earth Day event! Join us ...