The heart of San Juan Bautista beats strongest at Mission San Juan Bautista, a magnificent adobe structure that has anchored this community since 1797. Unlike many California missions that feel more ...

The City of Santa Barbara invites community members to celebrate this holiday safely by attending only professional fireworks ...

Guadalupe Beach in Santa Barbara County earns a place on Heal the Bay’s 2025 Honor Roll for its top water quality.

The Plaza Hotel stands as a two-story testament to San Juan Bautista’s days as a crucial stagecoach stop on the route between San Francisco and Los Angeles. You can wander through rooms that once ...

From the rolling hills of Santa Barbara wine country to the winding mountain roads in Big Bear, these road trips offer a ...

The “Chrisley Knows Best” star didn’t initially believe what he had heard until a corrections officer asked him if he was doing well.

Now, Fulbeck, a distinguished professor of art at UC Santa Barbara, revisits those same participants in “hapa.me – 25 years ...

At 8:29 p.m. on Thursday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a high wind watch valid from Friday 4 p.m. until Saturday 3 a.m. for Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Ynez Mountains ...

Bin X. Nguyen came of age in the mid-2000s at the height of celebrity paparazzi culture, watching MTV, poring over Teen Vogue, and following icons like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie from his bedroom ...

Emily Yoon reflects on her time as Editor in Chief and the importance of partnership, integrity and accessibility in the newsroom.

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, who went ...

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 ...