What We’re Losing in the Santa Rosa Island Fire
A look at the three historic structures that have already burned.
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Get Oil Out! Papers Find a Home at the UC Santa Barbara Library
Historical records and photos from GOO!’s records — which were kept in a Santa Barbara garage — have a new home at the UCSB Special Research Collections at Davidson Library.
The ‘Santa Barbara Independent’ Rings In 40 Years of Covers with Faulkner Gallery Exhibition
The exhibition featuring decades of cover stories will be on display in the downtown library through May 31, 2026.
Walking a Complicated History: Santa Barbara County Trails Council to Lead Living Heritage Hike Along the Coast
Sunday’s five-mile hike from Rincon Beach County Park to Santa Claus Lane marks the 250th anniversary of the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition’s stop in Carpinteria.
Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens Nominated for National Register of Historic Places
The historical building, including the Chung family home, was advanced for approval to the National Register.
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Home to History’s Holy Grails for Last 40 Years, Is Up for Sale
The nondescript Anapamu Street building holds documents and artifacts tied to moments, people, and decisions that bent history’s arc — and even a dinosaur egg.
Douglass Day at UCSB Invites the Public to Transcribe Black History
Held annually on Frederick Douglass’s birthday, the decade-old collaborative initiative takes up the Colored Conventions and the theme “All Rights for All” at its new institutional home at UC Santa Barbara.
