Security company owner Craig Case is on trial for fraud and other felonies involving the finances from a wealthy Montecito ...

Lana Olivia Knor of Orcutt, an 83-year-old involved in a fatal traffic collision on Oct. 24, 2024, is being charged with a ...

Evacuation Report Warns of Major Risk Ignored by County By David Bolling An authoritative study released Monday by a Sonoma ...

Conservationists plan to appeal the project on an undeveloped slice of the Gaviota Coast currently zoned for 71 homesites.

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OUR SBC, a grant program for community-based organizations providing services to address the impacts of opioids in Santa ...

The Foodbank of SBC will open a new 57,000 square foot warehouse at 82 Coromar Drive on March 1. Nicknamed “Sharehouse,” the ...

Kiara McCulley, 22, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and must testify against co-defendant, Isaac Padilla.

New contract creates pathway for enhanced Emergency Medical Services from both American Medical Response and the Fire ...