The seventh annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day expands farm locations allowing greater access to the public.

Santa Barbara's Eastside is getting 90 new housing units. Nearby residents got together to block the four-story project, appealing to the Santa Barbara ...

The Santa Barbara Airport is celebrating Passenger Appreciation Week. This year the passenger count is expect to exceed ...

Santa Barbara residents, on Saturday Aug. 16, will join a National Day of Action to protest Trump’s order to gerrymander Texas and other red states. The ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-The Santa Barbara City Council took its staff's recommendation to consider and deny the appeal of the ...

Researchers at Meta say the company’s AI systems have begun improving themselves without human intervention, according to ...

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For the first time, there's a map of the nation's cattle and hog feeding operations, and it shows Tulare County has more than ...

It has burned 122,065 acres after being active for 11 days, an increase of 1,286 acres since the last update. A fire crew of 4,806 has been working on site and, as of Tuesday morning, they managed to ...

SpaceX has been attempting to launch a Falcon 9 rocket since Saturday, Aug. 9 to deploy internet-beaming Starlink satellites ...

The UC system is a public gem, and punishing it harms all Californians. This salvo in the war on higher education crosses a ...

How much will nearly $2.7 million get you in Victor Valley? View this luxurious Apple Valley home, the most expensive in the area.