A former Santa Barbara teaching assistant pleaded guilty this week to one felony count of contacting a minor with intent to ...

After dropping the first set, The Dons trailed 24-20 in set two when a Saugus serving error cut the deficit to 24-21 and ...

SBCAG and the county have finished an environmental impact report for planned last-mile broadband installations.

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Coming off a run to the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs last season the Dos Pueblos High flag football team opened up its 2025 campaign with a 50-7 rout of Westlake on ...

It’s certainly true of UC Santa Barbara’s Gaucho Racing, a club that has grown to more than 60 undergraduates, who take it upon themselves to build the iconic single-seat, open cockpit racecar and ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Aug. 12, 2025) — U-Haul Co. of California is pleased to announce that Happy’s Collision Centersigned on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer to serve the Santa Barbara community.