Inspirational leader Aidan Free, a 17-year-old student and advocate from Santa Barbara with Type One Diabetes (T1D), has been ...

GOLETA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara County Foodbank is preparing for major food cuts due to the "Big, Beautiful Bill." ...

As the summer rolls on, the Santa Barbara Golf Club is heating up with special events open to both local and out-of-town ...

The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum is now under the management of Children’s Resource & Referral, a nonprofit ...

Above normal temperatures increase Wednesday and stay extra warm through Thursday. It will be sunny at 73 in Santa Maria ...

A herd of sheep is helping reduce wildfire hazards at Westmont College near Santa Barbara by grazing on non-native vegetation ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a wind advisory at 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday valid from 3 p.m. until Thursday 3 a.m. for ...

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Why he’s here: He’s one of baseball’s best young pitchers — albeit for a different team. Still, the Rangers deserve some ...

We’re halfway through the week, heres a look at our top stories from Daybreak: Flores appeals murder conviction: Paul Flores is asking a California appeals court to ...

Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January ...

"Séance on a Wet Afternoon" has been a longtime passion project for Schwartz. He adapted it into an opera that premiered in ...