SANTA BARBARA, CA— The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is offering free admission to its Underwater Parks Day Festival this Saturday, January 18, 2025 with activities from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM thanks to ...

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The Goleta Police Department would like to inform residents of California’s new law, Assembly Bill 413, known as the “California ...

A suspect is on the run after robbing a teller at gunpoint at a bank on the 900 block of Carpinteria Street on Tuesday ...

I oppose the proposed increase in launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base before adequate environmental assessments have been made to determine the negative impacts of rocket launches in general and ...

Gwen Chenoweth received the Scholar Athlete of the year award for Santa Barbara High at Monday’s press luncheon. She is a ...

So it was with great pleasure and solace that Santa Barbara residents gathered for the first 2025 Blue Whale Poetry reading ...

The Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) presents a free educational event for children in our community: the 11th Annual Winter ...

Although its staple artforms and stable of fine artists revolve around the classic arts of painting and sculpture, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — January 10, 2025 — The Santa Barbara Symphony is thrilled to announce the launch of a groundbreaking initiative: The Santa Barbara Symphony Chorus. This new, dynamic ensemble ...

Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse was unanimously selected as 2025 Chair of the Board of Directors for Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) and Fourth District County Supervisor Bob ...

Five canine disaster search teams trained by the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) have joined the hundreds of two- and four-legged rescuers, answering the call for assistance from ...