There's a new sandwich in town. And it comes with a pickle spear and a Tootsie Pop. Mission City Sandwich Shop opened this ...

Since graduating from Santa Barbara City College Culinary School, Simandle has done his time at numerous beloved restaurants, including but not limited to bouchon, Eladio’s, Arch Rock Fish, Kanaloa ...

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On Monday, February 10 at 6:09 p.m, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...

Photo by Jay A. Martin. Capp and 24th streets. Photo taken on April 13, 2024. Photo by Jay A. Martin. Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our free daily newsletter below.

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Chinese-themed decor dominates a walkway at Westfield Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara this weekend. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which began ...

Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.

Gap and Harlem’s Fashion Row have teamed to release a 16-piece limited-edition collaboration featuring the work of five Black ...

A film playing at Regal Salmon Run Mall theater was co-written by a former Watertown resident. It has a general theme of Valentine's Day, but it's definitely not for those faint of heart toward horror ...