This week, a video of a large, approximately 100 to 200-foot-long oil slick on Butterfly Beach was shared by nonprofit Heal the Ocean.

Santa Barbara County’s June primary delivered clear leads in several marquee contests and razor-thin margins in others.

In 2025, homelessness rates among California residents decreased, according to a delayed report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is the first year-over-year decline ...

The City of Ventura is marking America's 250th anniversary with a week-long series of community events culminating in the ...

Frank Leslie Blessing, of Simi Valley, has been charged with multiple felony offenses stemming from a  violent incident that ...

Jamshid Ghomi, 63, of Newport Coast, is charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Amid mounting pressures from inflation, housing costs, and healthcare expenses, a growing number of Santa Barbara County ...

An Ohio-based smoke bomb designer and importer, and two other companies have agreed to pay more than $4 million for costs and ...

SpaceX will launch several Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County on June 3. A Falcon 9 rocket is targeting to launch 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews responded to Nojoqui Falls near Buellton after receiving a report of a hiker ...

Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives have arrested a fifth and final suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of a ...

Ventura County Sheriff's warn residents of an increase in a "bank jugging" scheme resulting in arrests of out of state ...