The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office proudly announces that Chief Investigator Kristina Perkins has ...

Five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges have become a pressing issue in communities ...

Ahead of next week’s meeting to vote on changes to the Santa Barbara County cannabis ordinance, the Board of Supervisors held ...

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Malibu, Los Angeles County Beaches, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast were ...

The advisory was for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County ...

The 2024-25 Santa Barbara County Grand Jury Thursday released results of a comprehensive investigation of how well the County Public Health Department is ...

Rain returns early Friday morning as a second cold front moves through the region, bringing cold temperatures and leading ...

On Friday at 1:28 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released an updated winter weather advisory in effect until Saturday at ...

Only one lane of Northbound Highway 101 along the Nojoqui Grade in Santa Barbara County was open Friday afternoon.

Renowned actresses Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jane Fonda joined forces with hundreds of concerned citizens and environmentalists ...

The final round of rain for the week is expected to deliver between a tenth and quarter of an inch of rain along the coast ...