With smoke from the growing fire off State Route 166 blowing into Santa Barbara County, an air quality watch was issued by ...

I’m not normally a fan of the chunky, salsa-like tomato soup that makes its way onto so many summer menus, but Loquita’s new ...

Community is still crucial to La Fonda’s mission, even if it is no longer tied specifically to La Casa de la Raza and its ...

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Pink is back, and in a beautifully soft and muted way. Pink has often been associated with nurseries and feminine spaces ...

You may have seen him at Fiesta. You may have seen him at Fields of Funk. Or on a sunset-lit evening at Canary Hotel or a ...

Cottage Health’s Nursing Residency Program at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and Cottage ...

The proposed 43 percent cut in the federal budget to rental assistance programs will put children, seniors, and working ...

The City of Santa Barbara collected $3.2 Million in Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) for May 2025, the eleventh month in the ...

The Goleta resident and beloved Chili’s bartender was struck and killed by a driver while walking on the 7300 block of Calle ...

This week’s Poetry Connection poem comes from longtime conference attendee, Toni Bixby. She attended two morning sessions of ...

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