Santa Barbara, CA — [June 18th, 2025] — Unity Shoppe is excited to announce the launch of its Annual Back-to-School Drive, beginning June 23, 2025, and concluding on July 23rd, 2025, to support ...

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Yatchisin, will edit the anthology, which will be published in April 2026 (coinciding with Poetry Month) by Gunpowder Press, a local nonprofit literary press founded in 2013 by David Starkey and ...

After the community showed up for the chamber on Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to “find money” to keep the 122-year-old institution afloat.

A Buellton-area winemaker is asking the courts to allow his class-action lawsuit over the “strong stench” of pot to proceed ...

Two fires broke out in Gaviota along Highway 101 Tuesday afternoon, stopping train service and closing down all southbound ...

What’s happening isn’t just a threat to California, it’s a threat to everyone in every state. If Donald Trump can bypass the ...

Yo Ma, Ballet Preljocaj, Joyce DiDonato, and Jake Shimabukuro are among the big names coming to Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara, CA – The SBCC Foundation awarded $1,187,618 in scholarships to more than 900 SBCC students for the 2025–2026 ...

The City of Santa Barbara has announced the return of the annual Fourth of July Celebration. Hosted by the City’s Waterfront ...

Indivisible Santa Barbara had organized a different kind of rally this time, one without speakers and only a request to keep ...

Seth Tedeschi and Zach Gesswein of Dos Pueblos and Peter Lehman of Cate were named All CIF-SS for their respective divisions. The Chargers reached the CIF-SS Division 4 Championship game with Tedeschi ...