The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is relaunching its all-electric Downtown-Waterfront Shuttle service to ...

The Media Arts and Technology program at UCSB is an interdisciplinary graduate program that combines elements of engineering, ...

A couple of hours north of LA along the 101, you’ll find a magical place called Santa Barbara. This coastal town is known for ...

The Santa Cruz City Council has unanimously approved a major expansion of downtown, clearing the way for new apartments, an arena for the Santa Cruz Warriors, and a new entertainment district south of ...

Venesa Faciane Susan Parker The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has appointed two new members to its Board of Trustees — Venesa Faciane and Susan ...

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LOS ANGELES — UCLA softball overcame early struggles to defeat UC Santa Barbara 9–1 in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional opener Friday. The Bruins fell behind 1–0 in the second inning but ...

A structure fire at 781 Marsh St. in downtown San Luis Obispo briefly shut down the street on May 14, 2025. Joan Lynch [email protected] A structure fire briefly shut down a downtown San ...

After a four-year hiatus, the all-electric Downtown-Waterfront Shuttle is making its return to Santa Barbara for this summer. The shuttle, which temporarily resumed service last year, will once ...

Downtown Santa Barbara experienced a significant disruption Tuesday afternoon due to an unexpected power outage that affected thousands of Southern California Edison (SCE) customers. The outages began ...

An unexpected power outage affected thousands of Southern California Edison customers in downtown Santa Barbara Tuesday afternoon and disrupted Superior Court hearings and government meetings.