Luxury events and rental company Bliss Beach has teamed up with the City of Santa Barbara for The Barbara, a ...

Primitiva Hernandez, 805 UndocuFund executive director, was exhausted by the time she sat down for the City of Santa ...

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The Santa Barbara County Fair, which has run for more than 130 years, celebrated its final day of the year on Sunday.

Lynn says fireworks are the direct cause of thousands of injuries nationwide each year around the Fourth of July. Starting ...

Temporary signs in the public right-of-way that promote businesses cannot be taller than 42 inches, must be free-standing and ...

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“It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Henry L. Thompson, director of aviation for the city of ...

The city of Santa Barbara collected $3.2 million in Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) for May 2025, the 11th month in the city’s fiscal year.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The bells of Old Mission Santa Barbara rang out Sunday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 earthquake that devastated the city and killed at least 11 people.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Thousands of people across the Central Coast joined a nationwide wave of demonstrations Saturday as part of the "No Kings" protest movement—gathering in Santa Barbara ...

Explore the California immigration raid on marijuana nurseries, as federal agents face angry protesters in Southern ...