SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A 36-year-old Santa Barbara woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a fatal collision with a bicyclist on State Street Sunday evening. On May 18 ...

Below is a press release from Santa Barbara MTD regarding the return of their Downtown-Waterfront Shuttle service to Santa Barbara’s Downtown and Waterfront areas starting again this summer.

Santa Barbara Zoo officials announced on Facebook the passing of Kisa, their elderly snow leopard. Kisa was born at the Denver Zoo in 2008 and came to Santa Barbara in 2019 when she was 11 years old.

Barbara Colleen Smith went home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2025, after an extended illness. Colleen graduated from Birchwood High School, where she was valedictorian of her class.

Metrolink will likely be making a northern expansion in the coming months, adding a morning commuter train between Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The morning Metrolink service would begin ...

Santa Barbara is one of California’s most quintessential beach towns. While it has traditionally been known as a Southern California hotspot for wine tasting, the burgeoning culinary scene ...

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced that the 40th annual festival will take place in Santa Barbara, California, from February 4 through February 15. In honor of its 40th ...

Sharon Cannon, James Brasch, Glenn Breen and Ian Platou all donated $1,000 ... Joe Kramarz donated $200. “I have played Santa for many years and have seen the joy of the kids when given a ...

Kirst Company, Builders/Developers. It was a date that changed Colleen’s trajectory from career woman to wife and mother. She and Phil were married at Mission Santa Barbara in 1947, and established ...

Streets across the California coastal city of Santa Barbara were flooded amid torrential rains on Thursday as a slow-moving storm walloped Southern California. The storm dropped some of the ...

A month ago, a viral video of a woman railing against a Latino construction worker rocked Santa Barbara, raising conversations around the dynamic between white and Latino people in the coastal town.

Six years later, despite such apocalyptic warnings — along with lawsuits, zoning challenges and political pressure — pot farming is booming in Santa Barbara. The coastal county is home to the ...