Junior was lying in a doorway on Santa Barbara’s State Street, shivering against the concrete without even a blanket. No sleeping bag, no backpack, no ...

The Santa Barbara Lifeguard Association placed sixth as a team in the 2025 California Surf Lifesaving Junior Lifeguard and Lifeguard Championships at ...

Yes, I shop in the kids’ clothing section — and no, I’m not embarrassed. In fact, I’ve come to appreciate it as one of my ...

Local 12-year-old runners Robbie Fitzgibbons and Elijah Briner capped off their summer seasons with strong showings at the ...

Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction globally, ...

Woods Humane Society will offer four, free pet vaccination clinics at both its San Luis Obispo and Atascadero locations, Aug. 2 and 16, and Sept. 6 and ...

Illegal fishing is a global problem that threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and the very economic viability of the fishing industry. Marine ...

Santa Barbara will celebrate this year’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta from Wednesday, July 30, through Sunday, Aug. 3, with five ...

If there’s one place to visit that is close to the center of Santa Barbara County, it’s the tip top of San Rafael Mountain in ...

The Santa Barbara of my youth made for a lively summer playground. It had enough ballfields, beaches and woodsy trails to ...

Artist Ricardo Ozier-Lafontaine works mainly with large-scale pieces in black and white. (Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery/Courtesy of the artist).

Two men’s doubles teams reached the semifinals at the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Manhattan Beach Open on Saturday at the Manhattan Pier.