As a new PhD in Santa Barbara, I recall I could not spare a dollar to buy gum ... The state also needs to find ways to lower the cost of childcare and tuition for trade schools or college for everyone ...

To break it down: The College Board reports that the average annual cost of tuition and fees for a ... junior college and transfer to, say, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA or Berkeley," Greg Kaplan ...

Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden are spending their first days after leaving the White House in Santa Barbara County, according to media reports. The Bidens traveled to a ...

Noteworthy: The UC Santa Barbara-bound DeMoss scored 21 goals to help the Tritons win three league matches and four games at San Diego Beaches tournament. DeMoss has 71 goals for San Clemente ...

There are three pending criminal cases and four people the US will not release but also cannot put on trial. Screen use has a PR problem, and many parents feel guilty about how much time they and ...

Intending to have a larger presence in the downtown area, and to work with the City of Santa Barbara and the community to support the revitalization of Santa Barbara’s primary business corridor, UC ...

Really dry and boring, right? Wrong. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse epitomizes the Spanish-Moorish architecture that is found across the city. Completed in 1929, the complex impresses ...

The best way to get around Santa Barbara is on foot. Most of the main attractions, shops and restaurants are all located within a 3-mile radius in the downtown area. Santa Barbara is also known ...

A pregnant Santa Barbara woman plummeted to her death while hiking in Greece over the holidays. Clara Thomann, 33, fell about 164 feet down a gorge on the Greek island of Crete on Dec. 23 ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. As recovery efforts in the Palisades and Eaton fires begin, ...

Orange Lutheran coach Brenda Villa said her two players on the U.S. squad — junior Allison Cohen and senior Jailynn Robinson — could play through the semifinals on Saturday in Santa Barbara ...