Young Art Making Its Way
“Re-Encounter,” this year’s senior art exhibition at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, features themes of young artists processing past and future lives.
Year: 2026
The Green 15: Santa Barbara County Students, Educators Recognized as Environmental Champions
Explore Ecology’s annual Environmental Stewardship Awards spotlight real work — from composting systems to student-led activism.
Carole Eglash-Kosoff Offers a Seasoned Perspective in New Play
The 92-year-old brings ‘I’ve Seen This Sh*t Before’ to Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara.
City of Santa Barbara’s E-Bike Accidents and Citations at a Glance
Police Chief Kelly Gordon reports there have been 108 e-bike accidents recorded between May 1, 2025 and February 28, 2026, including 11 serious injuries and one fatality.
Plans to Reopen Goleta’s Fairview Gardens Germinating
The city’s Historic Preservation Commission will review new project ideas, including renovations to the historic farmhouse and new programs, at its April 20 meeting.
City of Santa Barbara Releases Latest Version of State Street Master Plan
The new draft and related documents are available for public review and comment in preparation for an upcoming presentation to city council on April 28.
The Trump Crusade
Any military victory over the Iranian regime is an existential impossibility because the very definition of the regime’s existence: is diametric opposition to the United States and absolute rejection of the right of Israel to exist.
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
‘Textual Integration’ exhibit opens at Rubenstein Chan Gallery in Carpinteria.
ON the Beat | Grand Jazz, Meditative Harp, and Other Music Buzz
Grand on State making soft opening bang, mediation and music intersect, and Nerf Herder does the Lobero.
A Santa Barbara Hula Hālau Prepares to Cross the Pacific
For nearly six decades, the South Coast group has preserved Hawaiian and Polynesian dance traditions. Now, it is raising money to send three generations of dancers back across the Pacific.
