A pedestrian was taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a freight train near Summerland, according to ...

Merlin Wendell Call Merlin Wendell Call was born Nov. 25, 1931 in Long Beach, California, to Harry Truman Call and Bernice Johnson Call. He died Jan. 6, ...

Party planners, restaurants and other businesses in Santa Barbara soon will have to comply with a new list of regulations regarding single-use ...

Dos Pueblos Little League is gearing up for the first pitch of another season in the Challenger Division. The Challenger Division is a Little League ...

Some people remember a culture. Others carry it. Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto belongs unmistakably to the latter category. To encounter her—even briefly — is ...

Wine 4 Paws, the annual, weekend-long wine country fundraiser for the dogs and cats at Woods Humane Society will be April 25-26. More than 75 wine, olive ...

About 500 students from Santa Barbara and San Marcos high schools walked out of their second period classes on Tuesday to protest against U.S. Immigration ...

The California Coastal Commission on Friday approved a new UC Santa Barbara housing project next to Friendship Manor in Isla ...

A Goleta-area couple died Sunday in San Luis Obispo County, and the community has rallied behind their family with a fundraising campaign. San Luis ...

Coming off the success of their movie “One Battle After Another,” actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio del Toro were honored Monday night at ...

As I was settling into bed one night, I happened to catch my husband out of the corner of my eye. He was getting on the scale. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” I ...

Giorgi Guliashvili The fourth concert of the 2025-26 season for the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series, An Afternoon of Soaring Songs, will be at 4 p.m.