A major project to fix one of San Luis Obispo County’s deadliest roadways is now complete. Crews recently wrapped up ...

Hundreds of people attended the annual Juneteenth celebration Saturday at Plaza Del Mar Park in Santa Barbara. Juneteenth ...

The Old Town Orcutt Farmers Market Summer 2025 Kick‑Off will be 4:30-7:30 p.m, Wednesday, June 18, 2025 on S. Marcum Street ...

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Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.  A little more than a year ...

On the morning of June 29, 1925, the friars at the Old Mission Santa Barbara were getting ready to celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers. A little more than a year after Californians approved a $6.4 billion ...

Joe Pasternack is amid Finals Week, although there’s no real finality to his work as the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball coach. One season merely turns ...

Tom Scheff Years ago, Tom Scheff joined a course called A Year to Live, living the year as though it were the last. In this ...

I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six decades and have always found it quite easy. And then in 1994, I visited ...

The Summer 2025 Kick‑Off will be 4:30-7:30 p.m, Wednesday, June 18, 2025 on S. Marcum Street in Old Town Orcutt.

What does peace look like in places where violence is part of daily life? For UC Santa Barbara political scientist William Nomikos, the answer starts ...