The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that it has filed criminal charges against Lompoc ...

Mersea’s can be packed, but it was mellow that night. We ate calamari and grilled fish sandwiches, fish tacos, steamer clams, ...

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Chumash peoples have spent decades standing up to those who falsely claim our identity and profit from our culture.

Right now, roughly 90 percent of $4 billion in homeless grants the feds distribute to local governments goes to underwrite ...

Loyal patrons of Santa Cruz Markets may have to shop elsewhere for Thanksgiving dinner. Market clerks and meat department ...

This event is part of Carsey-Wolf Center’s “Connectivity” feature series. “Our yearlong feature theme is ‘Connectivity’ ...

Get in the holiday spirit with the City of Goleta! There are so many ways for you to celebrate the holidays this ...

Lowering the annual contribution from 4 percent to 1.5 percent frees up millions of dollars each year in the county’s general fund. Those savings can be redirected to ongoing services, capital ...

Christian Garvin, affectionately known to friends as Garvin or Salmon, passed away in September. He was a winemaker, entrepreneur, music lover, and ...

The spirit of “lucecitas” — glimmers of light — shone brightly on the Westmont campus as nearly 200 enthusiastic students and their families gathered for ...

Public Health Director Dr. Mouhanad Hammami says his department faces a multimillion-dollar deficit next year.