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

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Julia Reed is a senior living in Santa Barbara. She knows all too well the challenges of living on a fixed income. “Let’s just say ...

Santa Barbara, CA—On Wednesday, January 22, more than sixty people gathered to pay tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter ...

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Many of Santa Barbara’s tenants are rent burdened, with data from the Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara, a financial nonprofit, showing that most low-income households in the county pay more than 30 ...

The jam-packed “emergency town hall” meeting brought Central Coast civic leaders together to resist the Trump ...

The fest has also added Oscar nominee Monica Barbaro of 'A Complete Unknown' to its Virtuosos award ceremony and Oscar nominee Coralie Fargeat of 'The Substance' to its producers panel.

The Santa Barbara Community Rowing's junior racing team enjoyed a strong start to its 2025 spring racing season, finishing ...

At the conclusion of the second, Costner — a Santa Barbara local who co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film — will participate in a Q&A moderated by SBIFF executive director Roger ...

One of the slivers of a silver lining Notre Dame can take out of the unfortunate ending to the season is the emergence of Jaden Greathouse. The sophomore wide receiver became an unstoppable ...

She was in Emergency Ward 10 and wrote several drama series, as well as a biography of her uncle, the Littlewoods mogul Sir John Moores Barbara Clegg, who has died aged 98, was an actress turned ...

Credit: Courtesy photo Erin Graffy, Santa Barbara’s preeminent socialite, elegant emcee, and passionate historian and author, has died. Graffy authored “How to Santa Barbara,” a popular romp ...