Ahead of next week’s meeting to vote on changes to the Santa Barbara County cannabis ordinance, the Board of Supervisors held ...

The advisory was for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County ...

Renowned actresses Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jane Fonda joined forces with hundreds of concerned citizens and environmentalists ...

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus was among a group of environmentalists, elected officials, and community activists demanding state agencies do more to protect the coast.

The final round of rain for the week is expected to deliver between a tenth and quarter of an inch of rain along the coast ...

Five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges have become a pressing issue in communities ...

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office proudly announces that Chief Investigator Kristina Perkins has ...

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Malibu, Los Angeles County Beaches, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast were ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Benevolent Posse is doubling the number of scholarships given each year to Sheriff’s ...

Homeless people who live along public waterways and in other public spaces in Santa Barbara County will have less time to ...