Direct Relief Volunteer Turns 107
Edythe Kirchmaier, world's oldest Facebook user, has helped the nonprofit for four decades.
Bay Area Man Convicted of Human Trafficking
Brannon Pitcher was found guilty of repeatedly abusing an underage girl.
Jury Deliberating Over Cab Company’s Role in Fatal Hit-and-Run
The mother of Simon Chavez, killed in 2013, is suing for $8.2 million.
Carrillo Plaza Sells for $12.2 Million
Downtown shopping center bought by private Los Angeles real estate company.
Crime-Filled Weekend in Isla Vista
Two frat party fights, multiple burglaries, and a drunken suspect flees from authorities and falls off a ...
Women’s Rights in Africa
Antioch University hosts panel of renowned female activists.
New Lompoc Housing Development Underway
Falcon Heights community will add 48 family homes to Vandenberg Village.
City Tax Receipts Go Up
Healthy growth seen in recent reports of sales and transient occupancy taxes collected from 2014.
Paddling the Big Sur Coast
Last October, Chuck Graham kayaked along a good chunk of the breathtaking coastline.
Taking it to the Courts
Zant fills us in on the UCSB women’s latest game, Caltech’s epic losing streak, and the return of the Harlem Globetrotters.
The Tragedy of Paris
True freedom of speech furthers the progress of truth and intellectual discussion.
Mass Deportation Targets Black and Latino Men
Racial and gender disparities in immigration law enforcement reflect deeper issues in ...
Should the church make Junipero Serra a saint?
Alejandra Gutierrez: 'We Did It!'
2nd Annual Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend Set for April 16-19, 2015
45th Annual Author-Go-Round slated Jan. 26 through Jan. 30
Appointment of New Fire Chief
Fielding Graduate University Awarded the Carnegie Foundation Advancement of Teaching for Community Engagement Classification
Help for Mental Illness in Families Offered by the Mental Wellness Center
MUSHROOM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LOS ALAMOS
Old Town Park Design Needs Your Input
PRSA California Gold Coast Chapter Meeting
Santa Barbara Real Estate Expert Named Executive Vice President of Financial Firm
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New President for Planned Parenthood
Jenna Tosh talks about protestors, Congress, and her plans for the Santa ...
Miramar Approved, but Not So Fast
One Montecito family says they plan to challenge the decision over parking ...
Books: The Brain’s Way of Healing
Canadian-born psychiatrist Dr. Norman Doidge discusses recent discoveries in neuroplasticity.
Fall Out Boy
The band’s latest LP seeks to evolve rock as a method of preserving it.
RL Grime Drops Into Velvet Jones
The Los Angeles producer plays an intimate Santa Barbara show on Thursday, February 5.
Review: Mortdecai
Johnny Depp’s latest isn’t great, but it certainly doesn’t signal the end of Western civilization as many ...
Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere
A look at the rise of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most unlikely success stories.
A Better You
The Upright Citizen Brigade alum improvs a movie with a little help from his friends.
Wet Bum
Coming-of-age film about a teenage girl swimmer who works at a senior citizen home.
Newspress Protest
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Interview: Patti Smith
Punk rock’s poet laureate brings her band to the Granada Theatre this week as part of a tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her debut.
The S.B. Questionnaire: Dianne Vapnek
In step with the visionary leader of DANCEWorks Santa Barbara.
Barbareño Does Santa Barbara by the Book
Two twentysomethings open the latest culinary hotspot on De la Vina and Canon Perdido streets.
High Expectations: UCSB Men’s Volleyball
The Gauchos have an outlook for the 2015 season that is as bright as the new look of Rob Gym.
