Santa Barbara CA

Early in the morning around 3:30 a.m., Officer Monica Phinney saw a woman pushing a stroller in the roadway. It was 48 degrees, and the child was not dressed for the cold. The officer learned the child was the protected party in an active restraining order against the mother. The woman was arrested for child...

According to PG&E, outages were reported between Paso Robles and Nipomo, with the largest impacting 1,890 customers in San Luis Obispo.

"Wouldn't that set off a bunch of flags in your budget system?"

A public agency that provides clean and renewable electricity on the Central and South Coasts has announced major rate cuts. Central Coast Community Energy is cutting the cost per kilowatt hour from $0.13 to $0.10. The action reflects some major savings in power generation costs. 3CE, as it's known, is...

Riviera Bar, a downtown Santa Barbara staple known for classic cocktails and elevated tavern fare, has closed. The bar and restaurant, located at 20 West Figueroa Street in a 1931 Edwards & Plunkett–designed building, announced the shutdown on social media on February 16, stating its final night of service was...

After nearly three years as the CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, Melinda Cabrera will be stepping down from the role to become the chief executive of the United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County. Announced Feb. 11, Cabrera will officially step down on March 11....

Pacific Oaks Road in Goleta (near Costco) is one of many streets that have degraded so badly that they need to be dug out before they can even be repaved. This street gets heavy pounding from massive delivery trucks to The Plaza (Albertson’s) Shopping Center and to Camino Real Marketplace. Yet it is also the only...

Camerata Pacifica, one of the country’s leading chamber groups, will bring a wind-focused classical music program to four Southern California venues this March, including stops in Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, San Marino and Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara-based chamber group will premiere “Natural Light,” a piece...

The 2025 Ventura College men’s golf team has been named as the California Community College Athletic Association State Scholar Team for the 2024-25 academic year in a release by the 3C2A this week. This is the first State Scholar Team award for the golf team and the VC Athletic Department’s 44th award overall since...

Santa Barbara’s landmarks reflect centuries of cultural and architectural evolution. Shaped by native cultures then by Spanish colonization, Mexican governance, and later American statehood, the city’s history is visible in its preserved adobe homes, mission structures, theaters, and civic buildings. From...