When the total cost of searching for, extracting, refining, and cleaning up after petroleum is greater than its value as energy, we will find it is too valuable to waste and too costly to burn.

For one weekend each year, the historic plaza at Old Mission Santa Barbara transforms asphalt into a living canvas of ...

A jury last Friday convicted 49-year-old Santa Maria drifter Gabriel Jose Zepeda of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing ...

Backed by labor and opposed by tech money, the proposal for a one-time 5 percent tax on the state’s wealthiest residents ...

Yesterday, Katy Perry hosted the 2026 Light Up the Court charity pickleball event alongside her sister, Angela Lerche, Executive Director of the Firework ...

MONTECITO, CA - April 28, 2026 - The Montecito Sanitary District is seeking qualified, community-minded Montecito residents to apply for a vacancy on its ...

Beverly Hills has never lacked for accommodation options — it’s practically synonymous with luxury hospitality. For this Gen ...

SANTA BARBARA, CA — Women's Economic Ventures (WEV) has been awarded a $10,000 Connect4Impact Grant by Women Connect4Good at the 2026 Giving List ...

ICE officers have continued to conduct arrests at the Main Jail, often occupying the parking lots, main entrance, and lobby areas.

A bill that would have effectively weakened protections for animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was ...

The more we can open doors to people, and say hello to someone we don’t know, I think we’re going to be living in a place ...

The draft State Street Master Plan goes off course in one crucial respect: reopening State Street to private cars overnight, from 10 p.m.-10 a.m.