Wildflower seasons are fleeting and hard to predict. A new interactive forecast aims to help campers plan trips to bloom-rich areas like Carrizo Plain while encouraging more responsible visitation.

My roommate and I had the luck of choosing the exact same trail as the Santa Barbara Nine Trails Endurance Run on the same hot Saturday morning. We were headed in the opposite direction, and only ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council (SBCFSC) will start its Neighborhood Chipping Program, beginning April 6. The ...

The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) has announced its signature event, the 24th Annual LIVE Art & Wine Tour, will be 5:30-9:30 ...

The Trump administration is moving to open 1 million acres of California public land to drilling and fracking.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) announced the 2026 winners of the MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle, including three integrated delivery systems, eight hospital ...

Global Fishing Watch today released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting a year of substantial progress in advancing ocean transparency through new technologies, expanded partnerships and key policy ...

Over 3,000 "No Kings" protests are scheduled for March 28, 2026, with California hosting the most events in a nationwide push against the Trump administration.

Enamored of stars like Charlie Chaplin, he matched outdoor scenes from their movies to contemporary locales, creating a ...

Researchers at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability have developed the most high-resolution statewide maps of California's kelp forests to date, giving researchers, conservationists ...

Photothermal AFM-IR technology provides spatially resolved infrared spectroscopy for detailed compositional mapping of ...