August 20, 2025 Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) invites the community to celebrate the Freedom to Read ahead of Banned Books Week, ...

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. - On Wednesday, Santa Barbara County Fire Station 32 in Santa Ynez welcomed a very special visitor for what would be his final ride.

Phones are down and test scores are up as students across Santa Barbara County return to school. The school year started Wednesday for the Santa Barbara ...

Parts of Santa Barbara County are under a red flag warning this week as temperatures are heating up. Red flag warnings are in ...

The Santa Barbara Unified School District has a cell phone restriction in the classroom and uses a cell phone hotel. Studies ...

A Ventura County jury has convicted a 20-year-old Santa Barbara man of assaulting a California Highway Patrol officer during ...

A Santa Barbara city employee was arrested Monday on a slew of felony charges, including possession of cocaine; possession of assault weapons; possession of extended-capacity magazines; and the ...

Cynthia Erivo will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's 18th annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in ...

The Oscar nominee and Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner will be feted on Dec. 4, less than two weeks after the release of 'Wicked: ...

The murder trial for the Santa Barbara man accused in a 2022 Stearns Wharf shooting ended in a mistrial on Aug. 19.

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 131,589 acres after being active for 18 days. A crew of 2,713 firefighters has been ...

Soho House goes private in $2.7 billion deal as Ashton Kutcher joins the board of the swanky members’ club Michael Bublé ...