The division I am seeing and hearing in our community is not healthy or good. This has been caused by the exclusion of many ...

On October 9, 2026, at approximately 10:09 p.m., a Santa Barbara Police Department officer observed a vehicle driving ...

I’m writing to give a much deserved shout-out to Mayor Pro Tempore/City Council member Kristen Sneddon, one of the co-authors of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) that the City Council approved ...

Genevieve can handle complexity. With a BA from Yale and an MBA from Wharton — plus an extra MA from Johns Hopkins on the side — she’s clearly got good analytical skills. She knows how to read the fine ...

After Santa Barbara turned the ball over on downs in Ventura territory to start the game, the Cougars mounted a 10-play, ...

Richard “Dick” Dunlap, profoundly quirky artist of multiple disciplines and cherished teacher, uncle, and friend, passed away peacefully at his Anacapa Street home on June 2nd, 2026, at age 86. Dick ...

In a letter to the Santa Barbara magnet school’s families, Arielle Curry acknowledged that she ignored the vote totals from ...

Don't sign on the dotted line: the plan approved by the Santa Barbara City Council already envisions cars coming back to ...

I find that the treatment of children, generally the most innocent and vulnerable members of society, is a good measure of a ...

California’s top political columnist returns to "Newsmakers TV" for in-depth and detailed analysis of how Iran war and ...

I have decided to support Eric Friedman to be Santa Barbara’s next mayor. As a councilmember, Eric has deployed a common-sense approach to Santa Barbara’s thorniest issues, including State Street, ...

Hearing from critics that this RSO is too restrictive and it’s hurting her mayoral campaign, on Tuesday she tried to make a pivot that was pure theater.