Santa Barbara County to Get $4.4 Million in Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
Opioid overdoses have claimed the lives of 524 county residents since 2017.
Year: 2025
Santa Barbara City Council Takes Stand on Paseo Nuevo Proposal
City leaders refuse to agree to transfer of city-owned land without more affordable housing and public benefits.
Sable Offshore Looking for Way Around State Fire Marshal to Restart Oil Pipeline
The Texas oil company now claims that federal pipeline regulators should have jurisdiction over whether it should be allowed to restart its oil pipeline in Santa Barbara County.
What Is Happening to Our Country?
Recently my husband and I watched Ken Burns’s documentary The American Revolution. It was particularly poignant because my husband is British and I was born in America.
Let It Snow Leopard!
Santa Barbara Zoo keeps the spirit alive with its newest feline resident.
Brave New Reality
In this age of AI and Trump, the fundamental question of our brave new reality has become — how do we know what’s real?
SBART Press Luncheon: Dos Pueblos Cross Country Bring Celebrates CIF-SS Division 2 Championship
A CIF Championship plaque and a boatload of winter sports updates highlighted Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Café.
The Dark Morph Returns
A rare ferruginous hawk comes and goes with a rainbow.
Former ‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Publisher Looks to Move Bankruptcy Case to New Venue
Wendy McCaw’s lawyers point to a “rent withholding dispute” over broken AC units at the McCaw-owned courthouse property as the reason for their relocation request.
So Far So Good
Jack Johnson, Train, and Rainbow Kitten Surprise are the first acts announced for the 2026 Santa Barbara Bowl season.
