Santa Barbara County prosecutors have charged a woman in a suspected fraud scheme targeting an elderly victim. Caihong Lei, 34, is charged with multiple felonies, including conspiracy to commit theft ...

Arlene Adele (Warwick) Peters passed away in Santa Barbara on July 30, 2025. She lived a life with stories, and songs, and ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 99,232 acres after being active for six days. A fire crew of 3,431 has been working ...

If you are a homeowner in Santa Barbara, you have likely felt the impact of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions ...

The press release below, in English and Spanish, from Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution sites as the largest ...

There could be some changes with the priority spots for urchin fishermen in the Santa Barbara Harbor. The nine boats in the ...

Last week, following five days of Santa Barbara’s annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta celebration, I found a Facebook post about another Fiesta, written by ...

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

California’s agave industry is exploding right now, expanding from just a couple dozen acres a few years ago to more than ...

One person was reportedly killed and two others hospitalized after a stabbing early Friday during Santa Barbara’s iconic Old ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. Since its discovery ...