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The Battle at the Beach Tournament will take place across multiple Santa Barbara Area venues from October 17-19 ...

The annual Santa Barbara County Veterans Stand Down will take place on Oct. 25, 2025 and veterans are encouraged to sign-up ...

A 33-year-old Santa Barbara man is facing multiple felony charges related to human trafficking and the sexual abuse of at ...

Clark calls Antigonick “an effort to participate in a timeless, ongoing scholastic conversation about the Sophocles play and ...

This fall, the Lompoc Public Library System is thrilled to announce its participation in Neighborhood Forest's Free ...

In an effort to encourage the redevelopment of underused buildings downtown, the Santa Barbara City Council adopted a new policy for adaptive reuse projects, without the usual requirement for ...

Tucked away in a classroom at the Eastside Branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library, neighbors gathered to eat, learn, and ...

Public health officials are in a full freak-out mode of their own. The county could risk losing all its federal health ...

From the first time he stepped on the football field as a wide-eyed freshman, Santa Barbara High senior Malachi Johnston has ...

Appetizers/Tapas Loquita loquitasb.com“At Loquita, our passion lies in creating moments that bring people together,” said Joe ...

Tucked into Montecito in front of the Biltmore, Butterfly Beach offers one of the most elegant, picture-perfect sunset ...