From strippers to strawberries to serial killers, our Copy Chief has covered a wide array of topics this year.

Although the 44 Mavis Gallant works assembled for the 2025 Uncollected Stories had their initial magazine publication in the ...

The Santa Barbara County Health Department announced the closer of East Beach from ¼ mile east to ⅛ west of the Mission Creek ...

Christmas Revels” celebrates the longest day, and its own long-running tradition, Messiah Singalongers make a mighty noise.

It’s no surprise that foreign aid (USAID) was the first target of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), ...

Reminiscences of a Christmas Catholic’s last midnight Mass at Old Mission Santa Barbara, plus the seedier side of St.

As of Tuesday morning, no officials with the County of Santa Barbara or the State of California appeared to know whether the ...

Law enforcement has recovered the body of Melodee Buzzard, the missing 9-year-old Vandenberg Village girl, and arrested ...

In 1925, Santa Barbara welcomed the holiday season with a sense of gratitude and a spirit renewed. Just six months after the ...

Restaurant co-owner John Thyne III sues City Hall over “unconscionable” lease terms and is served with an eviction notice.

The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District announces the retirement of Fire Chief Robert Kovach. Chief Kovach’s ...

Lou Cannon, one of the great silverbacks of American journalism and a longtime resident of Summerland, died this week at age ...