News Archives

More Stories

Immigration

Santa Barbara Sheriff Under Fire over ICE Arrests at County Jails

Immigration By Ryan P. Cruz

ICE Conducts Father’s Day Raids on Santa Barbara’s Westside and Eastside

Immigration By Nick Welsh

Santa Barbara Rep. Carbajal Decries ‘$70 Billion Blank Check’ to Immigration Enforcement

Immigration By Jean Yamamura

View More Immigration

Energy

Sable Offshore Asks Feds to Seize State, Private Lands in Santa Barbara County

Energy By Callie Fausey

Carpinteria Oil Facility in Next Phase of Decommissioning

Energy By Elaine Sanders

Feds Opens Up 850,000 Acres of Central Coast to Oil and Gas Drilling, Fracking

Energy By Callie Fausey

View More Energy

Science & Tech

Research Funding for UC Santa Barbara and Other Universities Doesn’t Make the Cut

Science & Tech By Callie Fausey

Vast Botanical Data Help Solve Darwin’s Puzzle of Why Some Exotic Plants Become Pests

Science & Tech By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB's 'The Current'

UC Santa Barbara’s David Gross Wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Science & Tech By Shelly Leachman, UCSB’s ‘The Current’

View More Science & Tech

Election 2026

Billionaire Tax, Affordable Housing: See the Measures on California’s November Ballot

Election 2026 By Yue Stella Yu and Kristen Hwang, CalMatters

Research Funding for UC Santa Barbara and Other Universities Doesn’t Make the Cut

Science & Tech By Callie Fausey

Former School Board President Gabe Escobedo to Run for Santa Barbara City Council

Election 2026 By Ryan P. Cruz

View More Election 2026

Housing

Fifty Condos Coming to Santa Barbara’s North La Cumbre Road

Housing By Christina McDermott

Forty-Six-Home Project Proposed at Former Site of Santa Barbara Motorsports in Goleta

Housing By Jean Yamamura

Habitat Santa Barbara Gets Approval for $400K Grant from Local Housing Trust Fund

Announcement By Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County

View More Housing

Community

Santa Barbara Unified Keeping Families Fed over Summer Break

Community By Natalie MacFarlane

Goleta celebra el 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos con un Show de Drones del 4 de julio

Announcement By City of Goleta

Goleta Celebrates America 250 with July 4th Drone Light Show

Announcement By City of Goleta

View More Community

Public Safety

Three-Vehicle Crash on Highway 1 Leaves Four Hospitalized

Public Safety By Elaine Sanders

Isla Vista Man, 22, Killed in Motorcycle Crash on Highway 101

Public Safety By Elaine Sanders

El Departamento de Policía de Santa Bárbara llevará a cabo un punto de control de conducción bajo la influencia (DUI) El 28 de Junio

Anuncios By Santa Barbara Police Department

View More Public Safety

Courts & Crime

Gavin Newsom Signs Law Limiting Mental Health Diversion for People Accused of Crimes

Courts & Crime By Nigel Duara, CalMatters

‘Zero Tolerance for Bad Eggs’: California Attorney General Announces Settlement with Egg Producers Accused of Hatching Plan to Puff Up Prices

Courts & Crime By Christina McDermott

Santa Barbara Detectives Make Multiple Arrests After Fatal Overdose

Courts & Crime By Tyler Hayden

View More Courts & Crime

Politics

Billionaire Tax, Affordable Housing: See the Measures on California’s November Ballot

Election 2026 By Yue Stella Yu and Kristen Hwang, CalMatters

Newsom’s Parting Gift: A Budget That Delays California’s Deep Cuts to 2027

Politics By Yue Stella Yu, CalMatters

Former School Board President Gabe Escobedo to Run for Santa Barbara City Council

Election 2026 By Ryan P. Cruz

View More Politics

Environment

City of Carpinteria Hears Concerns on ‘The Farm’ Housing Project on Bluffs

Housing By Callie Fausey

State Coastal Agencies Going to Mattresses with Feds over Coastal Commission

Politics By Nick Welsh

Carpinteria Oil Facility in Next Phase of Decommissioning

Energy By Elaine Sanders

View More Environment

Education

Santa Barbara Unified Adopts $250M Budget, Approving Raises for Teachers and Management

Education By Callie Fausey

California School Libraries Blindsided By ‘Catastrophic’ Budget Cut

Education By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters

Grant to Prepare Students to Flourish After Graduating

Announcement By Westmont

View More Education

Business

Forty-Six-Home Project Proposed at Former Site of Santa Barbara Motorsports in Goleta

Housing By Jean Yamamura

Santa Barbara City Budget Comes Together

Business By Ryan P. Cruz

City of Santa Barbara Officially Passes Paseo Nuevo Development Agreement

Business By Ryan P. Cruz

View More Business

Health

Final State Budget Brings $5M for New Behavioral Health Pilot to Central Coast

Announcement By CenCal Health

Origins of Cruise-Ship Hantavirus Outbreak Under Scrutiny

Health By Jean Yamamura

CDC Outbreak Update: Infant Botulism Linked to Powdered Infant Formula

Announcement By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

View More Health

Homeless

Downtown Santa Barbara’s FARO Center Turns Two

Homeless By Nick Welsh

Santa Barbara Nonprofit Holds All-Hands Meeting on Homelessness

Homeless By Christina McDermott

Goleta Grapples with Car-Camping Community

Homeless By Jean Yamamura

View More Homeless

Transportation

New Electric-Vehicle Charging Station Opens in Downtown Santa Barbara

Transportation By Natalie MacFarlane

Daytime Lane Closures on Highway 192 in Montecito Set for Next Week

Announcement By Caltrans

Paving Project on Highway 217 in Goleta Completed Ahead of Schedule

Announcement By Caltrans

View More Transportation

Infrastructure

Santa Barbara’s State Street to Stay Car-Free

Infrastructure By Ryan P. Cruz

Santa Barbara City Council to Vote on Reopening State Street to Cars

Infrastructure By Ryan P. Cruz

Sen. Schiff Secures Nearly $1.4 Million for Atascadero and Lompoc Projects, Part of Nearly $259 Million Delivered for California

Announcement By Office of U.S. Senator Adam Schiff

View More Infrastructure

Cannabis

Santa Barbara County Cannabis Company ‘Uplisted’ to New York Stock Exchange

Cannabis By Nick Welsh

Santa Barbara Increases Cannabis Sales Tax Rate by 2 Percent

Cannabis By Ryan P. Cruz

No Time Extensions on Cannabis Odor Scrubbers in Carpinteria Greenhouses

Cannabis By Nick Welsh

View More Cannabis

Labor

Labor Board ‘Pierces Corporate Veil’ and Orders McCaw to Pay $3.6M

Labor By Jean Yamamura

KEYT Workers Picket in Santa Barbara While Contract Negotiations Stall

Labor By Elaine Sanders

Major Open-Ended Strike Averted at UC Campuses, Hospitals as Tentative Deal Reached

Labor By Callie Fausey

View More Labor

News

Featured Stories

Sable Offshore Asks Feds to Seize State, Private Lands in Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara Unified Keeping Families Fed over Summer Break

New Electric-Vehicle Charging Station Opens in Downtown Santa Barbara

Latest Stories | See More Stories

Goleta celebra el 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos con un Show de Drones del 4 de julio

Goleta Celebrates America 250 with July 4th Drone Light Show

Billionaire Tax, Affordable Housing: See the Measures on California’s November Ballot

Fifty Condos Coming to Santa Barbara’s North La Cumbre Road

Santa Barbara Unified Adopts $250M Budget, Approving Raises for Teachers and Management

Forty-Six-Home Project Proposed at Former Site of Santa Barbara Motorsports in Goleta

Gavin Newsom Signs Law Limiting Mental Health Diversion for People Accused of Crimes

California School Libraries Blindsided By ‘Catastrophic’ Budget Cut

Habitat Santa Barbara Gets Approval for $400K Grant from Local Housing Trust Fund

More Stories

Santa Barbara Sheriff Under Fire over ICE Arrests at County Jails

Sable Offshore Asks Feds to Seize State, Private Lands in Santa Barbara County

Research Funding for UC Santa Barbara and Other Universities Doesn’t Make the Cut

Billionaire Tax, Affordable Housing: See the Measures on California’s November Ballot

Fifty Condos Coming to Santa Barbara’s North La Cumbre Road

Santa Barbara Unified Keeping Families Fed over Summer Break

Three-Vehicle Crash on Highway 1 Leaves Four Hospitalized

Gavin Newsom Signs Law Limiting Mental Health Diversion for People Accused of Crimes

Billionaire Tax, Affordable Housing: See the Measures on California’s November Ballot

City of Carpinteria Hears Concerns on ‘The Farm’ Housing Project on Bluffs

Santa Barbara Unified Adopts $250M Budget, Approving Raises for Teachers and Management

Forty-Six-Home Project Proposed at Former Site of Santa Barbara Motorsports in Goleta

Final State Budget Brings $5M for New Behavioral Health Pilot to Central Coast

Downtown Santa Barbara’s FARO Center Turns Two

New Electric-Vehicle Charging Station Opens in Downtown Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara’s State Street to Stay Car-Free

Santa Barbara County Cannabis Company ‘Uplisted’ to New York Stock Exchange

Labor Board ‘Pierces Corporate Veil’ and Orders McCaw to Pay $3.6M

Login