They say you can’t put a price tag on beauty, but maybe you can.       A recent report from the Land Trust for Santa Barbara ...

Federal, state, and county agencies and officials are still evaluating the full scope of the order, which was temporarily ...

Residents of Santa Barbara County can see how exceptionally beautiful their home is, but how do you quantify that level of ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were spotted in Santa Barbara on Sunday. 805 UndocuFund, an organization that ...

Santa Barbara is looking at new guidelines for vendors from vehicles. This includes food trucks which are often operating in ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated flood advisory at 8:54 p.m. on Sunday. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall ...

Firefighters from Santa Barbara County tackled the flames ravaging California. Dramatic footage shows emergency responders battling the destructive Palisades Fire on January 9. Southern California is ...

The new ordinance requires cannabis growers to install odor "scrubbers" in greenhouses over the next 12 months or risk losing ...

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Two of the three counties on the Central Coast saw their unemployment rates continue to fall in December with the only exception being Santa Barbara County, according to the latest data provided by ...

After finishing his four-year term as president of the United States, Joe Biden and his wife returned to the Central Coast on ...

Really dry and boring, right? Wrong. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse epitomizes the Spanish-Moorish architecture that is found across the city. Completed in 1929, the complex impresses ...