The San Marcos boys’ basketball team bounced back from a heartbreaking loss to rival Dos Pueblos with a 79-35 demolition of visiting Buena on Friday night. Koji Hefner led the way for the Royals with ...

If a rent freeze is in effect when a one-year lease must be offered — say June 1, 2026 — the frozen rent carries through to the end of that one-year contract, or well into 2027.

Future Leaders of America condemns the actions taken by ICE and the ongoing loss of life resulting from violence carried out with impunity.

Santa Barbara County was named one of the most generous communities in the country in GoFundMe’s newly released 2025 Year in ...

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Rail service from Goleta to San Luis Obispo remains suspended as Union Pacific repairs damaged tracks, with no estimated ...

Following an ICE vehicle, observers found themselves at CHP headquarters in Santa Maria, where they were stopped until ICE ...

Farther northwest, Lake Cachuma has risen after weeks of steady rain, prompting proactive releases to balance reservoir ...

Lou Cannon, the eminent biographer of Ronald Reagan, and a caring, civic-minded, and consequential citizen of Santa Barbara, died on December 12 at ...

Zoey is dog-social and enjoys the company of other pups, but she considers her toys very high-value—she’ll do best with ...

The event will bring community members together to prune more than 1,500 rose bushes spread across AC Postel Memorial Rose ...

Shortly after 7:30 a.m. on January 6, police issued a Nixle alert warning that the outage “may impact the ability to call 911 ...