For the first time since its creation in 2004, the annual Flor y Canto event during Old Spanish Days Fiesta took place without its founder, Erin Graffy de ...

The Gifford Fire grew to more than 49,000 acres on Sunday as firefighters braced for windy conditions, and authorities in ...

The duo of Grady Smith and Mitchell Martin continued their dominance over the Santa Barbara Classic with their third victory in four years on Sunday at ...

Emergency personnel responded Sunday afternoon to a report of a drowning at the Red Rock recreation area, and recovered a man's body from the water, ...

Change is the only constant in life, or so said the philosopher Heraclitus. The ancient Greek expressed that thought about 26 centuries ago, but any ...

Let’s try a demonstration that we all enjoyed in elementary school. Close one eye, hold out your thumb at arm’s length, and align it with an object on the ...

Edward Sterling Maher Edward Sterling Maher, 86, of Santa Barbara passed away peacefully on July 29, 2025, surrounded by his ...

A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 ...

The Gifford Fire east of Santa Maria exploded overnight Friday into Saturday, nearly doubling in size and torching rugged ...

The Santa Barbara City Council voted to give $500,000 to organizations supporting immigrant communities amid the recent ...

My grandmother, Kathy Cota, passed away in June 2024, just before the 100th celebration of what her father put together as a ...

In a sea of cowboy hats, sequins and suede, the crowd at the opening night of the inaugural Santa Barbara Rodeo Days at Earl Warren Showgrounds filed into ...