Although the 44 Mavis Gallant works assembled for the 2025 Uncollected Stories had their initial magazine publication in the ...

From strippers to strawberries to serial killers, our Copy Chief has covered a wide array of topics this year.

Christmas Revels” celebrates the longest day, and its own long-running tradition, Messiah Singalongers make a mighty noise.

The Santa Barbara County Health Department announced the closer of East Beach from ¼ mile east to ⅛ west of the Mission Creek ...

It’s no surprise that foreign aid (USAID) was the first target of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), ...

Reminiscences of a Christmas Catholic’s last midnight Mass at Old Mission Santa Barbara, plus the seedier side of St.

As of Tuesday morning, no officials with the County of Santa Barbara or the State of California appeared to know whether the ...

Law enforcement has recovered the body of Melodee Buzzard, the missing 9-year-old Vandenberg Village girl, and arrested ...

In 1925, Santa Barbara welcomed the holiday season with a sense of gratitude and a spirit renewed. Just six months after the ...

Flooding was reported on surface streets, though shoppers still visited downtown Santa Barbara on December 24, 2025.

Then, on December 22, DNA evidence from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab determined that the body found was a ...