Michelle Yeoh Receives SBIFF’s Highest Honor
The Kirk Douglas Award celebrates the star of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’
Recent Stories
Santa Barbara County Fire Puts Out Burning Truck on 101 Off-Ramp at Patterson
The Ford F150 hybrid was on the side of the highway with fire erupting from its engine on Thursday night.
The State of Play at Santa Barbara’s Paseo Nuevo Mall
Xanadu Skate Boutique “kicked out” after plans for Aloha Fun Center skating rink collapsed.
UC Strike Partially Ends as Postdocs and Academic Researchers Ratify Contracts
Mediator appointed to help the university and remaining workers on strike reach a deal.
Isla Vista Sidewalks Painted with Progress Pride Flags
The rainbow-colored Pride Block ‘celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community and calls for a more inclusive society,’ Assemblymember Gregg Hart said.
UC and Striking Workers Agree to Private Mediation with Eye to Ending Strike
The announcement came on the day that this year’s fall term ended for many UC schools.
Michael Avenatti Gets 14 Years in Prison for Stealing Millions from Clients
Stormy Daniels’s former lawyer used $2.5 million of the stolen cash toward a private jet that was hangared in Santa Barbara Airport.
Two Young Candidates Seek Laura Capps’s Vacant Seat on Santa Barbara School Board
Krystle Farmer Sieghart pushes for “equity plans for every school” while Julian Sarafian looks to make the district “more efficient, transparent, and connected.”
With Finals Week Underway, UC Strikers Get Disruptive
Student workers at UC Santa Barbara are using the picket line to block staff from parking, among other tactics meant to make their presence felt.
Two Rare Channel Islands Plants Snatched from the Snouts of Defeat
With feral pigs out of the picture, endangered species make an impressive comeback on Santa Cruz and San Miguel islands.
