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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...