Working on a fast track, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission last week tentatively endorsed the Santa Barbara County ...

More than 500 people attended the Lunar New Year Family Festival last weekend, far surpassing organizer Jenny Mazanec's expectations. Mazanec, principal ...

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden proudly announces the appointment of four esteemed community leaders – Valerie Hoffman, Gelaré ...

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will present its 12th Annual Conservation Symposium, Seeds of Change: Conservation Through Diversity, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

They arrived in Galveston, Texas, where they were transported in 17 train cars to California and their final destination in the Coachella Valley. The last in this trio of illustrious fruit-growing ...

It’s a history that some local historians say has been erased. “When you walk through the neighborhood right now, for ...

How old was Barbara Roufs? Barbara was born in 1944, in California, in the United States of America. Sadly, she succumbed aged 47 years. She had a height of 5 feet 5 inches tall. Barbara was the queen ...

The last time it rained at least half an inch in Los Angeles, Oceanside, San Diego and Santa Barbara was March 30, 2024. In Oxnard, the last time it rained half an inch was April 14, 2024.

Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur ...

As wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, residents are bracing for another round of Santa Ana winds and drought conditions, keeping fire danger critical as crews work to contain the ...

After a brief break on Sunday afternoon, another prolonged round of gusty Santa Ana winds is expected to develop, forecasters say. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times ...

Fast-moving Santa Ana winds – some as powerful as a hurricane – have been roaring across Southern California and feeding the wildfires firefighters are battling in the Los Angeles area.