January 15, 2026 The City of Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline “Carrie” Paine as the ...

One year to the day after Trump's inauguration, Newsmakers TV's All-Star Panel of National Political Pundits returns to ...

At the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM), every visitor, exhibit, and harbor memory is part of a larger story — and volunteers help ...

Arian Eteghaei, a 23-year-old former UCSB student who now faces 30 years to life in prison, managed to shake loose from ...

The Santa Barbara Police Department is asking for the public’s help after an injured pedestrian was found Monday afternoon ...

The current proposal is a northbound train that would leave L.A. Union Station at 5:13 a.m. and stop at Santa Barbara at 8:11 ...

As much as despair surrounds us, courage can be seen in the work of 805UndocuFund, the thousands of people who are showing up ...

UCSB’s Harder Stadium was the launch pad for the champions of the first Super Bowl and the first FIFA Women’s World Cup. In ...

Sixteen years of Deltopia and Isla Vista’s endless weekend party scene are why UCSB is the nation’s number one party school.

Escalating overtime hours clocked by sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers resulted in $21 million in OT last year.

Hundreds gathered to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day with speeches and a march up State Street on January 19.

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