A new Business Improvement District is in the works for downtown Santa Barbara. The funds raised will improve safety and cleanliness.

Spring term flies by and is usually packed with activities. If you plan to visit colleges over Spring Break, now is the time to make tour reservations, as ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct prescribed pile burns along Paradise Road , as conditions allow.

As California’s public universities implemented groundbreaking legislation requiring access to medication abortions on campus ...

It's 1999, the 21st century is on the horizon, and California has big plans for marine conservation. New legislation has ...

There are so many things to do in San Diego. Here are our top recommendations of San Diego attractions by a San Diego local.

O n a beach in Santa Barbara, the former reality-TV star Spencer Pratt is sipping a skinny margarita and recounting how he and his wife, fellow reality veteran Heidi Montag, lost ...

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

Find some early Valentine’s Day surprises, check out the Pan African Film Festival, see a tribute to California’s women ...