The Mujeras Makers Market was honored as Business Champion of the Year in Santa Barbara. It started out as a small parking ...

Multiple weather alerts were in effect Thursday due to heavy bursts of rain hitting Santa Barbara County. The National ...

There are four major beaches in Santa Barbara: Leadbetter ... Beach is a bit more removed from State Street and the downtown area than the other beaches, offering more space to stretch out ...

County emergency managers issued an evacuation order for some properties in the Lake Fire burn area due to a storm arriving ...

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As fire spread, he pulled the pilot to safety just moments before the plane exploded," California Highway Patrol said of the ...

An evacuation order has been issued, available in English and Spanish, for parts of the Lake Fire burn scar and nearby ...

In Washington, federal lawmakers have made moves to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). In Santa Barbara ...

Marine layer clouds will be moving into some coastal and interior valleys in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties ...

The peak of the storm is expected to reach Ventura County by Thursday afternoon and last into early Friday morning. Here's ...

With heavy rain along parts of the Central Coast, the City of Santa Barbara is offering emergency parking for people who live ...