The Secure Rural Schools Act, which Congress passed overwhelmingly this week, is headed to President Donald Trump for final ...

Bunker fuel contains, among other contaminants, more than 5,000 times the sulphur that is in gasoline for cars ...

If these people's children had been killed by a drunk driver, there is no way they would be objecting to this.’ ...

The California Coastal Commission approves permit allowing state’s last nuclear power plant to continue operating past its ...

Huerta — who is British and produces theater in London and Edinburgh as well as Santa Barbara — set the show in England in ...

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Channing Peake Gallery, tucked discreetly into the County Administration Building, celebrates abstraction and Santa Barbara’s ...

International Ballet Stars, based in Miami, Florida, will be returning May 8, 2026 for a performance of Sleeping Beauty at ...

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OAKLAND —California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in announcing a lawsuit challanging the Trump ...

The new ruling against the Trump administration’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles comes as courts are considering ...

Federal immigration enforcement sets up in a campus parking lot prior to making several arrests in the Westside neighborhood.