This movement was first launched in Ecuador in 2008 when it established a framework of legal rights of nature: the rights of ...

Santa Barbara Symphony’s ‘Bella Italia’ program leaned into Italian fare, including an impressive new accordion concerto ...

Erika Ruiz Santillán, a third grade teacher at Adelante Charter School, was named the 2026 Teacher of the Year by the ...

Lowe was less flamboyantly apocalyptic. Normally at this time of year, coastal ocean temperature would have been in the high fifties. Right now, the water off our coast is about 62-63 degrees. Sharks ...

Unnecessary Farce, written by Paul Slade Smith, runs April 15–May 2 in the Jurkowitz Theatre at SBCC (721 Cliff Dr.), and ...

In this episode of Air Time, violinist Frederik Øland of the Danish String Quartet joins host Charles Donelan to discuss a ...

Expanded Authority to Shut Down Parties Updated public nuisance laws allow law enforcement to immediately shut down gatherings linked to dangerous or illegal activity, including overcrowding, rooftop ...

What happened to his daughter has become so common that it’s earned a name: “tablet trauma.” Even when schools put up ...

Kicking off the Monday symposium was California Agave Council President Stuart Woolf, a prominent farmer of almonds, tomatoes ...

Advocates say a one-time tax could stabilize health care funding; critics warn it deepens reliance on high earners who could leave the state.

One of our newest staff members has some big news to share! Straight from the shores of New York, Elaine Sanders has been ...

A Santa Barbara County judge will rule this week if Steve Bridge will go to trial on 10 felony counts of theft and fraud.