UC Santa Barbara professor Christopher Sebastian Parker has received a 2025 Carnegie Fellowship to support his research on ...

The Santa Barbara City Council gave the green light to modular sidewalks on a portion of State Street. A Santa Barbara City ...

Five years after the City of Santa Barbara closed a portion of State Street to vehicles, the experiment continues about its ...

“The nominees are chosen by experts and reviewed by USA TODAY 10BEST editors, but it’ll be up to the public to choose the final winners,” says Zsembik. “We expect to be in the running with some big ...

The Santa Barbara City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a trial program that introduces new 'pedlets' to the 500 block ...

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In a tribute to its pioneering role in the world of deepwater diving, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has unveiled the ...

If you are up for a challenge that delivers on the views, check out this coastal canyon trail in California with sweeping ...

Long before Spanish missionaries arrived, the Santa Barbara coast was home to one of North America’s most complex indigenous civilizations: the Chumash.

El Cuartel in Santa Barbara is getting some landscaping from goats. The site has the second oldest building in California.