Or maybe you’re visiting from out of town, staying along the waterfront, when a large wave hits the beach right before the ...

Though Santa Barbara had not been aware if the earthquake was isolated or part of a bigger California wallop, the rest of the ...

The good news is that the cop was wearing a bulletproof vest. No one, miraculously, got killed. But the cops went batshit.

“With genealogy, we’re really big on family history and those stories,” said the society’s outreach coordinator Holly Snyder, ...

Santa Barbara history buff Betsy J. Green is the author of Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1925, which showcases a number of ...

Buildings in Santa Barbara and Goleta served as unintended targets in two separate vehicle collisions on June 9 and 10. One, ...

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The Summer Solstice Parade this year is dedicated to Eric Lassen, who was the architect of community celebration and joy in ...

Ready for a music-filled night of eccentric performance that touches on a myriad of musical genres? Look no further than Valerie June’s upcoming show at the Lobero Theatre on June 15 at 7:30 p.m. June ...

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Andy passed away after an extraordinarily lived three-quarters of century here on this wild ride called Planet Earth. In a collection of stories called “My Backstory,” Andy looked at his life through ...

I moved to Barbara County 53 years ago from the East Coast. It took me a few years to fully acclimate to life here in California. It’s a very different place than anywhere else in the eastern part of ...