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Pearl Social Cocktail Club once again goes on hiatus in November until January to bring you Santa Barbara’s original Miracle® at Pearl Social Cocktail ...

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From November 2 through December 24, Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) invites community members to participate in Food for Fees, an annual food drive that helps patrons reconnect with library ...

Local high school robotics team, Octobots Robotics, is inviting the community to a free open house event on Monday, ...

Antonio, the last capybara remaining at the Santa Barbara Zoo, was diagnosed with advanced multiple myeloma in early August ...

ICE agents spent several hours at the Santa Barbara County Jail on Monday, but did not take anyone into custody. (Photo by Angel Corzo/Santa Barbara News-Press) ICE officials on Monday waited outside ...

For more than 20 years, Gwendolyn Clark knew exactly who was coming down the sidewalk outside Vieja Valley School – children by name, dogs by their favorite treats and drivers who needed a reminder to ...

Santa Barbara city officials proposed 11 changes to the city’s Just Cause Ordinance, which restricts landlords from evicting tenants without specific legal reasons, at a Tuesday night meeting.

“Campus Point has so much potential,” said project lead Lisa Stratton, the Cheadle Center’s director of ecosystem management.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — October 27, 2026 — The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) celebrated the grand ...

The Halloween Crawl event at Super Rica Taqueria, presented by the (LEON). (Courtesy LEON) The Latino Elder Outreach Network ...