Perry is understood to have requested a temporary order of protection against a "transient" who she claims repeatedly showed ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:21 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Ballard Fire has been burning on private ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:20 p.m. in Santa Barbara County, California. Brown Fire has been burning on private ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. California school districts are short hundreds of millions of ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

Karl Halbach Karl Frederick Halbach was born on Nov. 10, 1944 in Santa Cruz, California, to Jean and Edwin “Ted” Halbach. The second of three children, he ...

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.

Glide over the sun-soaked coastline of Santa Barbara, California, where Spanish colonial architecture meets golden beaches ...

Santa Barbara's prestige and consistent tourism keep it a top-tier market for investors focused on long-term appreciation.

Alire was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2012 and worked for the Santa Barbara County Public Defender’s office ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.