Most everything that winemaker Jesse Cloutier does echoes the spirit of northern Santa Barbara County — or at least the ...

Two women were transported with moderate injuries following a two-vehicle, head-on collision in the 1500 block of Betteravia ...

A SpaceX rocket lifted off Friday from the Santa Barbara County coast in an early morning launch through low clouds.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - This week, five Tibetan monks are creating a sand mandala at the Empathy Center for the community.

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A STRUGGLING EAST San Jose school district plans to close multiple campuses as it brings on a new superintendent to help ...

Two women received serious injuries in a head-on collision early Friday morning east of Santa Maria. At 5:40 a.m., personnel from the Santa Barbara ...

I wasn’t planning to write about the Los Angeles Dodgers again, but Oh. M. G.! How can I not?! What Shohei Ohtani did on Sept. 19 may have been the ...

Catawba Sheriff Don Brown rented a mountain home with hot tub for a command staff retreat. Mecklenburg’s Garry McFadden ...

"Report, don’t repost." Raquel Zick of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says when students or parents repost a ...

After months of uncertainty following its sudden closure, Pea Soup Andersen’s, the legendary Central Coast destination in ...

Threats to Santa Barbara schools are spiking online, what law enforcement wants you to know. Yahoo Sports ...