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Andrew Velikanje was living in a tent on Haskell’s Beach after leaving a toxic relationship. After a few days, he got fed up with being ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office logged 23,000 hours of overtime in the 2024-25 fiscal year, bringing its total cost to $20.4 million. That's an ...

A juvenile has been charged with first-degree murder in a fatal shooting tied to gang activity on the Fourth of July in Santa Maria. At 11:22 p.m. July 4, ...

While construction of Goleta’s long-awaited Fire Station 10 still has no estimated start date, the Goleta City Council did ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved ordinances on Tuesday that aim to protect mobile home parks and seniors who say their ...

Goleta Valley Girls Softball Association (GVGSA) held its 16th annual Lindsay Rose Tournament on July 12-13, 2025, hosting 33 ...

Goleta Valley Girls Softball Association (GVGSA) held its 16th annual Lindsay Rose Tournament on July 12-13, 2025, hosting 33 teams, accounting for approximately 400 players, ages 6-13. Teams came ...

Scents make fish bite better — or wrinkle their noses and swim for cover. After all, there are good scents and bad scents.Great work has been done to find ...

Various sites give out tips on avoiding hot weather issues during the summer, and the last weekend in June witnessed several required rescues in our local ...

Help us. Hundreds of people packed the Franklin Community Center Tuesday night to call on the city of Santa Barbara to defend them against raids by U.S.

I’m 65 years old, and after years of focusing on everything and everyone else, I finally feel ready to date again. The only problem is — I’m ...