At about 5:20 a.m. Sunday, Santa Barbara City Fire and Montecito Fire responded to a multi-family home in flames at 314 North Alisos Street, in front of the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara and just ...

Jonesy’s Fried Chicken is shutting down at the end of August. The restaurant, which was opened in 2024 by multi-generational Goleta resident Kyle Jones, was hurt by a major loss of business due to ...

Music Academy of the West closes out festival, orchestrally on a casual note, plus a mini-festival wrap.

Travelers on Highway 192 in Carpinteria will encounter a full daytime closure Monday, August 17 through Friday August 21.

The Goleta Police Department, along with the California Highway Patrol, will hold a DUI checkpoint on Friday August 21, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church warmly invites the Santa Barbara community to the grand opening and consecration of its ...

The Epstein files awakened many people to the realities of abuse across the country, but it happens in Santa Barbara County, ...

Multiple sources have confirmed that the pedestrian was Pedro Rivera, 67, a beloved coworker, dear friend, and proud ...

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Shane Ryan Gledhill, 46, of Lompoc has been charged with 24 felony counts of child sexual abuse including rape by force, molestation, sodomy and oral copulation of a minor age 14 years or older, ...

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Bob Nelson and Solvang Mayor David Brown are among 50 California elected officials pushing to keep the Central Coast plant running until 2045.

A spokesperson for Sutter Health confirmed at least one case of measles at one of its facilities in Santa Barbara County. “We are aware of one confirmed case of measles connected to a patient who ...