Santa Barbara County’s unemployment rate in May was 2.5 points lower than the statewide rate, according to statistics released Friday by the California Employment Development Department.

One of the birds I delighted in seeing along Sands Beach was the snowy plover, a thing of beauty with its pure white underparts and sandy back, its large dark eye and short bill giving it a gentle expression.

The Santa Barbara County Foodbank is starting a new community access pilot program to help families in need. The foodbank is hosting a free food distribution for the whole community every Saturday morning.

It’s been over a decade since daily nonstop flights flew from the Santa Barbara Airport to San Diego. That all changed on Thursday evening, as an Alaska Airlines plane took off from the tarmac en route to San Diego.

Alaska Airlines began daily nonstop service to Santa Barbara via Santa Barbara Airport from San Diego International Airport Thursday.

Alaska Airlines began offering daily nonstop flights to Santa Barbara from San Diego International Airport today. Alaska Airlines is the only airline to offer nonstop service between the two destinations.

On June 17, Alaska Airlines began daily nonstop service to Santa Barbara, Calif. via Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) from San Diego International Airport (SAN). Alaska Airlines is the only airline that offers nonstop service between the two destinations.

As 5G networks are being deployed around the world and seeing rapid consumer uptake, Samsung Electronics and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) are already working on next-generation 6G technology.

Looking for a quick getaway? ✈️ Alaska Airlines just began daily nonstop service to Santa Barbara from San Diego.

A couple of meerkats at the Santa Barbara Zoo succumbed to their sleepiness in a sweet video shared to Facebook on June 17.An animal carer at the Santa Barbara Zoo in Santa Barbara, California, captured footage of two female meerkats stretched out in their habitat.

A teenager recently captured video of very close encounter he had with a great white shark off the Santa Barbara County coastline near Carpinteria.

Councilwoman Meagan Harmon objects to 'criminalizing' people who are homeless; the council also OKs water and trash rate increases

Nineteen African-American individuals and their families who made major contributions to the Santa Barbara region are now on celebratory display at the Goleta Library as part of a new exhibit by the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society.

If you're wondering where to stay in Santa Barbara, these are the best hotels including luxury, properties on the beach, and celebrity favorites.

Team of college baseball standouts returns to Pershing Park after winning a record-eighth NBC World Series title

Santa Barbara County is filled with thousands of acres of citrus trees. However, over the past year, populations of a dangerous pest called the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) have been

The marine mammal chose “an awkward location” to welcome her pup, one wildlife group said, “but it is connected to their natural environment.”

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 11,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced American Riviera Bank ( Santa Barbara, CA) (OTCQX: ARBV), a full-service community bank focused on the Central Coast of California,

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival — a fest on the American riviera that has become an important stop on the road to the Oscars — has joined the growing list of film festivals that have announced plans to return to in-person gatherings.

He was pronounced dead on Friday, BOP officials said. The death was not mentioned during Santa Barbara County officials’ briefing late Friday afternoon. Boling was sentenced in the District of Columbia to spend more than 71 years for sodomy and assault with a deadly weapon, prison breach, petty larceny and armed robbery. He had been in ...