In eight out of 12 of the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s elementary schools, less than 50 percent of students can ...

A motorcyclist was killed following a collision with a guardrail on Highway 154 near East Camino Cielo early Friday morning, according to reports from California Highway Patrol (CHP).

Mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump could have a seismic economic effect in California — potentially ...

More than half of district students failed to meet grade-level standards in reading and math, but the district scored well in ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is urgently preparing to protect reproductive rights from the incoming Trump administration — and the ...

Healthy relationships encourage honesty and vulnerability. However, in toxic dynamics, people often feel the need to suppress ...

Authentic gratitude can be found in fleeting moments of relief or peace — those instances when, even in the midst of a fever, ...

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Carlos Arturo Gomez, 60, is out on bail on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for alleged sex crimes involving minors.

Santa Barbara’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), or state-sanctioned ocean conservation zones, are now subject to change — ...

Under the opening credits of Sean Baker’s bawdy and bedazzling film Anora, we encounter a perverse variation on the theme of ...

The Vikings of Solvang are thrilled to announce the 46th Annual Special Needs Kids’ Christmas Party, a cherished ...