The abuse began in a ball shed at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club. It continued in workout rooms and in Jeschke’s car and ...

Upon arrival, Officers learned the suspect had fled the area, and fortunately, no one was injured in the shooting. The ...

Carly Grace Howard, 24, "passed away peacefully" Wednesday after being taken off life support, her family shared. The suspect ...

At the Goleta Boys & Girls Club, Hicks met Sal Roderiguez, the unit director at the time and later the CEO. Roderiguez says ...

Landscape Architect and Artist Stephanie Hubbard maps her way through Ojai’s Taft Gardens.

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Extraordinary educators from schools and districts across Santa Barbara County were honored at the 2025 Education ...

A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara has conducted the first direct population estimate of this critically ...

Step onto the sun-baked pavement of the Old Mission Santa Barbara this Memorial Day Weekend, and you might just find ...

The Dos Pueblos High baseball team is playing its best at the right time. A two-run homer by Alexander Hadja in the bottom of the first inning set the tone and Dos Pueblos pulled away late with seven ...

Last week’s extra-busy concert action on the classical-jazz fronts, including season-closers, was a rewarding feast.

“The wine dinner model is dead,” proclaimed Rob Smits, the director of wine at the Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito.