Montecito, California’s popular Italian restaurant, Bettina, opens nine miles south in Carpinteria. Tina’s Pizza owners ...

Santa Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman doesn't remember anything about that day.Or the days after. He was paddling with ...

A sidewalk memorial has been growing on State Street near Mission Street for a Santa Barbara man killed in a vehicle crash ...

A UC Santa Barbara student who was reported missing during a trip to Big Bear Lake over the weekend was found dead on Monday, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

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A growing sidewalk memorial on State Street, near Pedregosa Street, marks the site where 29-year-old Joel Gonzalez was ...

Could the principles of this Arizona walkable community be adopted for Santa Barbara’s downtown or even its La Cumbre hub? The planning concepts that make such a community successful are: Focus on ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A 36-year-old Santa Barbara woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a fatal collision with a bicyclist on State Street Sunday evening. On May 18 ...

The body of a 22-year-old UC Santa Barbara student who went missing from Big Bear Lake over the weekend was found in water near a marina on Monday, May 19. The search for Tanner Prentiss ...

Law enforcement divers recovered the body of a 22-year-old Santa Barbara County man from Big Bear Lake on Monday, two days after he was reported missing nearby amid a trip to the mountain resort ...

My colleagues Terry Castleman and Kaitlyn Huamani documented how Orange, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties are joining three Bay Area counties in hitting that standard. They also break down ...

UPDATE (1:09 p.m.) - A driver, who police say was involved in a deadly collision involving a bicyclist in Santa Barbara over the weekend, is now facing DUI-related charges. Santa Barbara police ...