A landmark law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month expands Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies (BWBS) into a statewide program.

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

A traffic enforcement stop in the early morning hours of October 31, 2025, led to the arrest of a felon found in possession of a loaded firearm and narcotics.

The Santa Barbara County Department of Wellness and the County Health Department are teaming up to launch “NoSo November”, a communitywide challenge encouraging residents to take a break from social ...

Emergency personnel are on the scene of a fatal traffic collision that took place on Highway 101 northbound in Santa Barbara on Saturday.

At 2:00 a.m. Sunday, the clocks will “fall back” one hour to standard time, meaning we all get an extra hour of sleep. Unless you’re a farmer who works on the sun-up and sun-down schedule, then it’s ...

As in-person voting begins in California’s special election on redistricting, Gov. Gavin Newsom has repeatedly asserted that the Trump administration could send immigration agents to polling places in ...

The recreational Dungeness crab season will open beginning Nov. 1, 2025, except in northern California where it has been delayed due to a public health hazard.

Celebrating their outstanding commitment to students and public education, eight inspiring educators took center stage at the 12th annual A Salute to Teachers gala on October 25, 2025 at the Music ...

In November 1925, the local paper reported, “Charlie Chaplin … spent several hours in Santa Barbara yesterday. Mr. Chaplin expressed amazement at the rapidity with which the reconstruction of the […] ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the north coast of San Luis Obispo in the early hours of October 30, 2025, according to ...

Little Mountain, the wood-fired restaurant led by Chef Diego Moya, will open in Montecito's Upper Village on November 6, 2025 ...