If you’ve ever walked down a beach accessway between private properties, you were a beneficiary of the 1972 Coastal ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom called it “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports today — a notable change ...

A Santa Maria financial advisor pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday, admitting she stole ...

The policy of 100% cost recovery means the county supervisors have no incentive to keep a lid on fee increases and neither do ...

Santa Barbara County will convene a regional task force to address unpermitted roadside and sidewalk vending that has grown ...

Solvang Theaterfest has appointed new leadership to its executive board and announced a performance by the Grammy ...

California has nearly twice as many people as it did in 1975 and its demographic attributes and its economy have undergone ...

A Washington man convicted of the 2022 murder of Navy veteran Gerald Williams in Santa Maria, was given the maximum state ...

The new northbound segment of the Hwy. 154 roundabout project at the intersection of Baseline Avenue and Edison Street near ...

Early each year, the president delivers a much-anticipated State of the Union address. Then it’s (usually) quickly forgotten.

Two delicately painted pieces by Jennifer Chavoya Morena, “Night Time Lovebirds, I and II,” are magical. Kaitlin Chui’s ...

Fighting Back Valley's youth action coalition was recently awarded a $3,000 grant from the Santa Barbara Youth Making Change ...