At the Santa Barbara Film Festival writers panel, Jesse Eisenberg, Mona Fastvold, Peter Straughan, and more dig into their process.

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

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The biggest storm of the season is forecast to hit fire-ravaged Los Angeles this week, prompting concern for the Palisades ...

CC Sabathia will have a New York Yankees logo on the cap of his Hall of Fame plaque and Bill Wagner will have the symbol of the Houston Astros. The hall announced the ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation has donated over $79,000 to 10 Santa Barbara County schools struggling to ...

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 ...

Last week three retail stores in the downtown Santa Barbara announced they would be closing. Volcom and Billabong, located in ...