Julian Fire initially started 3:41 p.m. June 12 in Santa Barbara County. It has been burning on private land for 18 hours. At ...

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A new wildfire was reported today at 11:51 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Marcos Fire has been burning on federal land managed ...

Hundreds of people attended the annual Juneteenth celebration Saturday at Plaza Del Mar Park in Santa Barbara. Juneteenth ...

Santa Barbara’s own Mike Hultberg shot a new course record of 58, or 12-under-par, at Santa Barbara Golf Club on Friday, June 13. Hultberg broke the ...

The City of Santa Barbara is hosting a series of meetings this week to share updates with community members on an upcoming ...

Indivisible Santa Barbara takes its NO KING protest to the beach on June 14, 2025 with a “hands along Cabrillo Boulevard†...

Thousands of people gathered Saturday for the 'No Kings' protest in Santa Barbara. "I knew there was going to be a great turn ...

This California town close to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara is an underrated gem that is well known for its particular ...

Or maybe you’re visiting from out of town, staying along the waterfront, when a large wave hits the beach right before the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It was a tragedy that changed a Santa Barbara woman’s  life forever.  A traffic accident killed her ...

Jacky Holler, a woman with more than 30 years of financial industry experience, has been named as the new market executive for Ventura and Santa Barbara counties by Bank of America. Announced June 13, ...