The California Coastal Commission approves permit allowing state’s last nuclear power plant to continue operating past its ...

If these people's children had been killed by a drunk driver, there is no way they would be objecting to this.’ ...

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CourtesyJennifer Karapetian with award | Credit: CourtesyKristina Perkins, John T. Savrnoch, Kelly Duncan, Casey Nelson, ...

Channing Peake Gallery, tucked discreetly into the County Administration Building, celebrates abstraction and Santa Barbara’s ...

And now a nationally known truck rental company has a local dealer that stores vehicles on the street, which is not permitted by city ordinances. And a local body shop that parks its flatbed truck on ...

Federal immigration enforcement sets up in a campus parking lot prior to making several arrests in the Westside neighborhood.

OAKLAND —California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in announcing a lawsuit challanging the Trump ...

California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. has certified the results of the California November 4, 2025, ...

CDPH is warning consumers and businesses not to eat, serve or sell recalled in-shell eggs distributed by Vega Farms, Inc. Consumers ...

The Cate boys’ varsity basketball team opened its first game of the Thacher Tournament with a lopsided victory over Channel Islands. The Rams showcased balanced scoring, with three players finishing ...

Huerta — who is British and produces theater in London and Edinburgh as well as Santa Barbara — set the show in England in Christmas of 1945, which is the first Christmas since the end of the war. “As ...