Santa Barbara County plans new housing project in Isla Vista
Santa Barbara County Planning & Development plans to build a 10,000 square-foot, 28 single room occupancy facility on 971 Embarcadero del Mar to increase...
Caltrans workers clean up 300 tons of trash along central coast highways
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Caltrans workers have collected about 300 tons of trash along central coast highways, enough to fill five Olympic-sized swimming...
Free for now: Ventura decides against downtown paid parking
The downtown parking structure and other parking lots in Ventura will continue to be free — for now.The Ventura City Council on Tuesday switched...
Historic pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. showcased in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "I was taught that I was shooting for posterity because everything that I shot was historical." On April...
City Council Denies Press Room Appeal, Longtime Bar to Be Demolished for Hotel Project
The Santa Barbara City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to deny final appeals to save the longtime English pub, The Press Room, from demolition....
Crash shuts down southbound Hwy 1 lanes in Vandenberg Village
A multi-vehicle crash shut down the southbound lanes of Highway 1 in Vandenberg Village on Thursday morning. It happened just after 8...
Earthquake Watch Issued for Southern California Now Through February 8th; a Foreshock was Detected
Southern California Weather Force has issued an Earthquake Watch effective now through February 8th for the chance of a stronger earthquake occurring onthe San...
Throwback Thursday: Building the ‘Lompoc connection’
After Santa Barbara County incorporated in 1850, a need was seen to connect the various population centers for the local ranchers and the overland...
SoCal sees two ‘thousand-year’ storms within weeks. More could be coming
Weather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun...
California Earthquake Violently Shakes Houses
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit a couple miles southwest of San Bernardino, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Story continues

















