After many years of hard work, I am a graduate student in UC Santa Barbara’s Teacher Education Program. I became the first in my family to attend a four-year university and earn my bachelor’s degree, ...

Organic Soup Kitchen continues its ongoing Return to Vitality educational series with an upcoming session featuring Dr. Julie Taguchi, ...

Mark Herrier grew up in Lompoc in the 1950s and ’60s, when the theater was the undisputed center of town. Kids were dropped off on Saturday mornings with a dollar in their pockets — enough for popcorn ...

I have been outside, by myself, for 57 years,” she said matter-of-factly. “I’m amazed I’m still alive.” She has lived and worked in nearly every shelter in the Santa Barbara area. She camped for a ...

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Wyatt family of Montecito makes big donation to the newly named Wyatt Family Health Center, which is currently under construction on the city’s Westside.

Gasoline prices in Santa Barbara have soared since the beginning of the war in Iran, in line with national and global price surges. On Monday, nine days after the first American and Israeli strikes, ...

Out of roughly 2,500 public middle and high schools across California, 408 campuses were selected this year for the state’s California Distinguished Schools honor — including four in Santa Barbara ...

When my neighbor, Kristen Sneddon, invited me to read poetry at her Mayoral Campaign Kick-off, I did not hesitate to say Yes. I remember when she canvassed the neighborhood during her 2017 City ...

Not all communities in Santa Barbara County can breathe easily. Some face environmental burdens, such as pollution, pesticide exposure, and overcrowded housing conditions — defined as a glaring lack ...

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness will host an open house on Wednesday, March 18, from 10:00–11:00 a.m. to celebrate the opening of its new ...

The bankruptcy of the Santa Barbara News-Press took a turn for the weird, if not the unexpected, when the attorneys for Wendy McCaw, publisher of the defunct print daily, asked the judge to allow them ...