Santa Barbara CA

If you’ve been eating store-bought tortillas your whole life, prepare to have your world turned upside down at La Super-Rica Taqueria in Santa Barbara. The handmade corn tortillas at this legendary spot are so good that every other tortilla you eat from now on will seem like a pale imitation of the real thing.

West Camino Cielo runs along the top of the Santa Ynez Mountain. It’s a climb up from the San Marcos Pass (highway 154 to those who don’t live around here) to the ridgeline about 4000 feet above Santa Barbara. On a clear day—March has been nothing but clear—it presents spectacular views across the city out beyond to...

Since Santa Barbara County is already sweltering like it’s summer, now’s an ideal time to introduce Noozhawk’s annual ParentNooz Summer Camp Guide, your go-to resource for discovering the best local youth camps and activities. From outdoor adventures and sports to arts, academics and specialty programs, the guide...

The California Highway Patrol responded to a report of a stuck tour bus blocking North San Marcos Road between State Route 154 and Cathedral Oaks Road just after 3 p.m. Friday. The back end was stuck and it was unable to turn around, according to reports from the California Highway...

More than three years after Alicia and Cesar Canto shared the story of their double cancer battle, the Santa Barbara family is again asking the community for help. In April 2022, Noozhawk reported on the couple’s nearly unthinkable situation: Both parents had been diagnosed with cancer while raising three children.

The Ventura Police Department has closed the case of Arnold Ikeda’s 2016 murder after a detailed cold case review. On March 20, 2016, officers responded to a home in the 400 block of South Evergreen Dr where Ikeda was found deceased from a gunshot wound. Over the years, detectives interviewed more than 20 witnesses,...

Inside the old General Telephone Co. building at 101 W. Canon Perdido St., longtime Santa Barbara resident Jason Jewell wants to mix luxury storage with a private social scene under his new company, Canon Vaults. Under this “unique business model,” Jewel said, Canon Vaults will offer conditioned self-storage...

If Deltopia was Santa Barbara’s annual monument to playing hard, then TechTopia may be its answer on the other side of the coin: Work hard. On Wednesday afternoon, less than a mile from UC Santa Barbara and just off the highway, the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce gathered business leaders, engineers,...

Santa Barbara County schools and programs are hiring! From early childhood to college-level support, there are several great teaching and education roles open right now. Type: Full-Time (Aftercare)

This article was underwritten in part by the Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund for Social Justice, a proud, innovative supporter of local news. To make a contribution go to sbcan.org/journalism_fund. Goleta city councilmembers voted to maintain the senior-status of University Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, extending the...