The Santa Barbara Holiday Parade will return to State Street for the first time since 2019. (Courtesy DSBIA) SANTA BARBARA, ...

Santa Barbara mayoral and District 5 City Council candidates agreed on concerns about artificial intelligence and the need to protect residents from ICE on Wednesday night at Valle Verde, but they ...

Over 1,000 protestors flooded the streets of downtown Santa Barbara at noon on Saturday, marching from Alameda Park to City Hall in a bold display of opposition to President Trump and and his federal ...

A little more than a year ago, Santa Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman suffered a heart attack. He was paddling at sea near the Santa Barbara Yacht Club when his heart gave out. His team members ...

Will the one-time frontrunner Kristen Sneddon recapture any momentum? Will Eric Friedman be able to maintain his surge of popularity through election day? Can Wendy Sims-Moten pull off an upset and ...

Demis John, a scientist, shows the chip that acts as the brains of digital devices at UC Santa Barbara. (Photo by Chris Woodyard/Santa Barbara News-Press) Santa Barbara and Goleta are emerging as top ...

The Montecito Sanitary District wastewater treatment plant was built in the early 1960s. In the short term, the board will be forced to spend millions of dollars on repairs. (Photo by Melinda ...

The allegations have gone viral across UCSB through Yik Yak, an anonymous, location-based social media app popular on college campuses, where posts with hundreds, and in some cases more than a ...

One in eight women are affected by breast cancer, according to Dr. Winifred Leung, a radiologist who specializes in breast imaging. Since it’s so common, millions of women live in fear of “the C word.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (October 16, 2026) — The Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association will honor five distinguished graduates as its 2026 Wall of Fame inductees on Friday, October 16, in a ...

Jeff Greenfield (left), Martin Kasindorf, Josh Molina and Jerry Roberts (right) speak at the Vistas Lifelong Learning event on the state of journalism at Santa Barbara City College on Oct. 16, 2026.