Santa Barbara CA

VENTURA, Calif. – A 34-year-old Ventura woman has died after she was struck following a two-vehicle traffic collision behind her while she was walking on Olivas Park Drive Thursday evening. The identity of the 34-year-old pedestrian is being withheld pending notification of her next of kin shared the Ventura...

Speaking in Spanish, maintenance worker Danny De La Cruz remembered his first conversation with Tom Patton, general manager of the Ramada by Wyndham hotel in Santa Barbara. “When I arrived here, I had no experience,” De La Cruz said. “I talked to Mr. Tom and said, ‘If you give me a chance, you won’t regret it.’”

Trisha Yearwood will headline the 2025 One805LIVE! Benefit concert in Santa Barbara, California, supporting first responders and wildfire-affected musicians in the region. The event is scheduled for Sept. 20 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will be held at Kevin Costner's oceanfront estate. Yearwood, a three-time Grammy...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – It was a day of celebration for Santa Barbara Unified School District seniors as the Class of 2025 graduated Thursday evening from San Marcos, Santa Barbara, and Dos Pueblos high schools. Students took their final walk through stadiums across the district as high schoolers and turned their...

Santa Barbara High School’s class of 2025 celebrated their personal milestones at graduation Thursday and their part in something bigger: the school’s 150th year. “You are the sesquicentennial class, the class that carries the hopes of a century past and the promise of a century left to come,” Principal Fred Razo...

The international arrest of a fugitive Ojai murder suspect came with an even bigger surprise; he’s the suspect in a separate Ventura homicide from two years earlier. On the morning of May 31, 2025, neighbors discovered Carolyn Nino De Rivera, 26, dead at her home on Sisar Road in the Upper Ojai Valley, an...

Juneteenth Santa Barbara invites the community to the eighth annual Juneteenth celebration in South Santa Barbara County! Proudly sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara, this free, family-friendly event will be held on Saturday, June 14, at Plaza Del Mar Park. Bring lawn chairs, blankets, and loved ones. Stay a while...

Rail management company OmniTRAX is reported to have begun operations at the Santa Maria Valley Railroad.

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. - The Santa Ynez Valley is reviving rodeo traditions and demonstrating some of the long-standing events that make the sport so popular in the Central Coast area. The 6th Annual Old Santa Ynez Days Rodeo is set for June 21 and 22. It is presented by The Santa Ynez Valley Western Heritage The post...

Buildings in Santa Barbara and Goleta served as unintended targets in two separate vehicle collisions on June 9 and 10. One, a suspected DUI, caused severe damage to a home, while the other, a minor driving error, resulted in minimal damage to a Credit Union wall. A home in Goleta...