A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 ...

Cheri-Ann Leon is a 12th-generation Santa Barbaran, descendant of Juan Cota, also known as “Mr. Fiesta,” and granddaughter of ...

Dr. Peter MacDougall, a man made of class and charisma, a whip-smart dealmaker who wore a smile and air of confidence in ...

My grandmother, Kathy Cota, passed away in June 2024, just before the 100th celebration of what her father put together as a ...

Thousands of people gathered along Cabrillo Boulevard Saturday morning for the 93rd annual El Desfile de los Niños, a ...

The Santa Barbara City Council voted to give $500,000 to organizations supporting immigrant communities amid the recent ...

The Gifford Fire east of Santa Maria exploded overnight Friday into Saturday, nearly doubling in size and torching rugged ...

New Santa Maria Joint Union High School District students get a jump on freshman science with rocket-building projects.

Local elected officials are urging Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown to condemn militarized immigration enforcement. More than two dozen local ...

I have divided a large room to create an office, so I now have to tape the drywall joints. What are some taping tips so the joint locations ...

As we enter our 249th year as a Nation under God, I’d like to take a few moments to reflect on our great American heritage. This country was founded on ...

Just ahead of a midnight deadline, the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District and Teamsters Local 186 agreed to a tentative contract Thursday ...