Santa Barbara CA

"I put so much love and creativity into the thing."

Family disputes UCSB police ruling that student Elizabeth Hamel's fatal balcony fall was accidental, citing unanswered questions about her final hours.

Attorney John Thyne has filed a lawsuit against the City of Santa Barbara claiming that the rent for The Harbor Restaurant is “unconscionable” and based on “obsolete” market conditions. The city owns Stearns Wharf. Thyne, his wife, Olesya, and business partners Gene Sanchez and his wife,...

••• Commercial real estate agent Caitlin Hensel reports that photographer Trevor Blackman is opening Mneian Gallery at 3819 Santa Claus Lane in January. Above: “Paradise,” Carpinteria. ••• I have a policy of not mentioning holiday markets because there are too many, but this one is unlike...

Since early November, more than 120 seabirds — primarily western grebes, a diving creature with red eyes and sharp yellow bills — have been rescued along the Central Coast after a mysterious one-square-mile oil slick appeared off the Santa Barbara coast. Now, a few of them are headed back out to sea.

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. As a journalist, sometimes stories appear unexpectedly. I met Shyama Osborne on her front patio to talk about housing this...

On December 5, employees from Santa Cruz Markets, two grocery stores that have become community staples in Santa Barbara and Goleta, ratified a new contract with their employer. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770, representing clerks and meat department workers from both markets, were...

A midnight rocket launch is potentially coming up in Southern California . SpaceX is planning to send its Falcon 9 rocket on its latest mission to deploy commercial Starlink internet satellites into orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Planning to stay up late to catch a site of the...

After years of work, the Highway 101 widening project will enter the last stage of construction in 2026 and potentially be completed by late 2028. The final stage of the massive project to add a third lane between Santa Barbara and Carpinteria is set to start next spring. That phase, called Santa Barbara North, comes...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Dr. Susanne Ramos says through remote monitoring, she has helped save the lives of her patients in Santa Barbara. “I saw a normal 30 year old pregnant mama on Tuesday and Friday night. We were crashing her in the operating room to save both mom and baby's lives,” said Dr. Ramos.