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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...

SpaceX has scheduled a rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday evening. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 26 Starlink satellites will launch to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). Liftoff is targeted for 6:54 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 9:59 p.m. PT. If...

At least 40 farmworkers were arrested on Tuesday, immigrant advocacy organizations said.

Community leaders expect immigration agents to pass though San Luis Obispo County.

Two teenagers from California, ages 14 and 15, allegedly “stomped” a 66-year-old man to death outside a church — leaving and returning multiple times “to take turns” repeatedly attacking him before swiping his clothes and fleeing, prosecutors say. Davy Glen Pichel, of Oxnard, was found...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It was a tragedy that changed a Santa Barbara woman’s life forever. A traffic accident killed her fiancé and landed her in the hospital. When asked what she was left with following the accident, Leslie Salazar replied: “Nothing… nothing.” The accident happened on August 9th, 2016, when...

Last month, student volunteer Ava Vasquez wrapped up her fourth annual pet food drive at Santa Barbara’s Vieja Valley Elementary, collecting an impressive 1,230 pounds worth of pet food donations for C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Companion Pet Assistance program. Vasquez has taken initiative to help the program by visiting the...

Early this morning, as it exited the southbound 101, a box truck wedged itself under the old railroad bridge on Los Patos Way near the Santa Barbara Zoo. The bridge has a maximum clearance of 12-feet-3-inches, according to the sign on the bridge. All scheduled trains in the area were...

Read more of our Earthquake Centennial Cover Story. Though Santa Barbara had not been aware if the earthquake was isolated or part of a bigger California wallop, the rest of the state had a pretty good idea what had happened. The southbound Pickwick stage bus left the depot at 514...