The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County opened its South County Sharehouse at the beginning of the month. It's capable of ...

Rainfall amounts on Monday will be a tenth to a quarter inch for SLO and Santa Barbara counties, except up to 0.60 inches or ...

Another round of rain could fall Monday on Santa Barbara County as a cold front arrives, according to the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.

Currently, there are no details on the extent of land burned or the size of the crew involved in executing the prescribed ...

Three county supervisors listen to Carpinteria residents at their hometown City Hall. A standing-room-only crowd packed into ...

As dawn crept over the San Luis Obispo neighborhoods near Cal Poly, students scattered to avoid police patrols.

The final round of rain for the week is expected to deliver between a tenth and quarter of an inch of rain along the coast ...

Five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges have become a pressing issue in communities ...

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office proudly announces that Chief Investigator Kristina Perkins has ...

Santa Barbara County’s Fish and Game Warden Joseph Gonzalez stopped by the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning meeting on ...

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All areas of Santa Barbara County benefitted from a good soaking from this week’s storms, and more wet weather is in the ...