Peru’s Marañón River was granted personhood in 2024, a decade after I made her personal acquaintance. In 2015 I spent two weeks with my husband and other ...

Linda “Dusty” Charles, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2025, in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by the ...

The County of Santa Barbara is moving closer to protecting senior mobile home parks. On Wednesday, the County Planning Commission will hear a proposal for ...

San Marcos student-athletes Sierra Tallman and Carter Cotich turned in impressive individual performances last week to earn ...

By all accounts Liz Hamel was the kind of girl everyone loved. The life of the party, her friends said she had the gift of bringing the best out of ...

Cottage Health has partnered with Clearway Health, a specialty pharmacy services company, to develop a specialty pharmacy program that enhances patient ...

Block Party Series "Meet Me in Old Town" is kicking off this Thursday, May 8, at a new, bigger location. Join the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber ...

The City of Santa Barbara is excited to announce the launch of our Preapproved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Program—a faster, more affordable way for ...

I’m just as surprised as you are to be wading into the murky waters of U.S. health care. Specifically? Health insurance. It’s a tangled ...

The UC Santa Barbara Baseball team (30-16, 14-13 Big West) ended their three-game series at Cal State Fullerton (25-22, 16-8 Big West) on a very high ...

Dos Pueblos High School yearbook “The Image” has been selected for excellence and featured in the Jostens Book Bundle, an annual collection of outstanding ...

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