A veritable who’s who of the Santa Barbara poetry community will be reading at Chaucer’s Books on Tuesday night to celebrate ...

Santa Barbara, CA — [June 18th, 2025] — Unity Shoppe is excited to announce the launch of its Annual Back-to-School Drive, beginning June 23, 2025, and concluding on July 23rd, 2025, to support ...

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After the community showed up for the chamber on Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to “find money” to keep the 122-year-old institution afloat.

Yatchisin, will edit the anthology, which will be published in April 2026 (coinciding with Poetry Month) by Gunpowder Press, a local nonprofit literary press founded in 2013 by David Starkey and ...

Two fires broke out in Gaviota along Highway 101 Tuesday afternoon, stopping train service and closing down all southbound ...

Yo Ma, Ballet Preljocaj, Joyce DiDonato, and Jake Shimabukuro are among the big names coming to Santa Barbara.

What’s happening isn’t just a threat to California, it’s a threat to everyone in every state. If Donald Trump can bypass the ...

Seth Tedeschi and Zach Gesswein of Dos Pueblos and Peter Lehman of Cate were named All CIF-SS for their respective divisions. The Chargers reached the CIF-SS Division 4 Championship game with Tedeschi ...

Santa Barbara was one of 10 cities chosen to receive a $100,000 grant and technical assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies ...

Founded in Santa Barbara, the now national Habit Burger & Grill chain is bringing unbeatable value to its menu with its new ...

Nero came to power not as a leader but as a spectacle. He fancied himself a genius, an artist, a savior of Rome. In truth, he was a petty showman with a crown. He mocked the Senate, stacked the courts ...