SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (October 16, 2026) — The Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association will honor five distinguished graduates as its 2026 Wall of Fame inductees on Friday, October 16, in a ...

Screen grab of South Coast from Southern California Edison website. Southern California Edison is considering shutting off power for nearly 13,000 customers in Santa Barbara County from Wednesday ...

Solvang City workers gather with picket signs on Sept. 15, the first day of the month-long strike over higher wages. (Photo by Tom Schultz/Santa Barbara News-Press) City leaders and union ...

In a city where political endorsements can be a one-way ticket to getting elected, Genevieve Taft-Vazquez is choosing the road less traveled. A former sustainability director at Coca-Cola, the Lower ...

Cevin Cathell has lived many lives—a Hollywood film producer, the lead singer of a band, a non-profit leader—but she said she’s in her prime right now, running for Santa Barbara City Council. Seeking ...

A recently installed lock and seal secures November 2024 and June 2026 election ballots in a room at the Market Street elections office in Redding on Sept. 17, 2026. (Photo by Salvador ...

Rex Blevins, junior at Dos Pueblos High School, celebrates winning free Raising Cane's for a year after camping out all night for the restaurant's grand opening. (Photo by Angel Corzo/Santa Barbara ...

The public packed the Santa Barbara Unified School board of trustees meeting Oct. 13 urging the board to take action following the recent 'blackface' incident originating from a social media post ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Ever since the University of California stopped using the SAT and ACT for freshman admissions in 2020, graduation ...

The new and improved Friendship Manor will have 156 units in downtown Santa Barbara (Photo Courtesy of the City of Santa Barbara) The first step in relocating beloved senior living community ...

Activists filmed a man being detained by ICE agents against a pile of pumpkins at 5:45 a.m. on Monday outside of Albertsons at 1018 Casitas Pass Rd. (Photo by Angel Corzo/Santa Barbara News-Press) A ...

Santa Barbara News-Press reporter Tom Schultz wrote about a proposed hotel in Old Town Goleta 23 years ago today. The hotel ended up getting approved as the Hampton Inn.