Santa Barbara’s Pets & Animals
A love letter to the animals who make life softer, stranger, and better.
Recent Stories
The Trash Pandas Are Running the Neighborhood
A pet door meant for my cat became an open invitation for Santa Barbara’s boldest raccoons.
White House Officials Defend Offshore Oil’s Restart
Energy and Interior secretaries visit Sable’s Santa Barbara plant.
Radicalizing People Through Plants
Robin Greenfield stops in Santa Barbara to spread the gospel of foraging food.
Santa Rosa Island Fire Reaches Full Containment
The National Park will remain closed to visitors until at least June 30 as a post-fire damage assessment gets underway.
UC Santa Barbara’s New Chancellor, Dennis Assanis, Inaugurated at Lobero Theatre
The ceremony included a string of laurels from local and state dignitaries, university staff, students, and colleagues and friends from Assanis’s long career in education.
Parading with Pride Around Santa Barbara County
Celebrations, drag history, and long-lost bars.
A Roundup of Santa Barbara Pride Festivals
From SBCC to SYV.
Santa Barbara Foil Surfer Who Filmed Shark Chase Has Run-In with Whales
A breaching mother gray whale and her calf bump surfer Tavis Boise off his board near Montecito.
La Cumbre Junior High and Santa Barbara Community Academy to Share One Principal
The move is one of several staffing changes meant to address declining enrollment amid a tightening budget, Santa Barbara Unified School District says.
