Coalition leaders say the financial support from the Santa Barbara Foundation will strengthen their push for improved ...

Hospice of Santa Barbara is celebrating over 51 years of compassionate care, as well as honoring community heroes, at its 13th Annual Heroes of Hospice (HOH) luncheon. This year, the event will be ...

Salud Carbajal seeks to designate more than 280,000 acres of Santa Barbara County as wilderness to grant highest federal ...

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce will host the 2025 State of the County on Thursday, August 28, from 3:00 to 5:30 PM at The ...

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Santa Barbara, CA – August 11, 2025 — Today Cox Enterprises launched the nomination period for its 2025 Cox Conserves Heroes program. Between now and Aug. 24, anyone can nominate a local volunteer or ...

Jeff Moorhouse, CFP®, of Moorhouse Financial Wealth Management Group in Ventura, California, has been named one of three national finalists ...

Calling all artists — White Buffalo Land Trust is now accepting applications for their 2025 Fall Artist-in-Residence Program at Jalama Canyon Ranch. With this residency, artists of all disciplines can ...

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has received a 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid (formerly ...

The Trump administration has reversed a rule that allowed undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as kids to buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

If you are a homeowner in Santa Barbara, you have likely felt the impact of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions ...

The number of structures threatened has risen to more than 2,900 in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.