An anti-animal-cruelty campaign headed by PETA made a stop at Bristol Farms in Santa Barbara on October 21, parking a truck ...

Lanny Ebenstein and Wade Cowper face off against Marsha Croninger and Dale Francisco over Santa Barbara City College's ...

Painter Carolyn Hubbs impresses with first Santa Barbara solo show, “Abstracted,” at Architectural Foundation Gallery.

Getting “mugged” by a humpback whale isn’t something that occurs every day or even once a month. In fact, it might be a ...

Famed fado chanteuse Mariza made a welcome and long-awaited return to town, transfixing a Lobero Theatre crowd.

The annual Santa Barbara Great Strides walk is a step around the corner and participating teams have already entered the race ...

Part of UCSB’s broader “Santa Barbara Community Archives Project,” the program seeks to reconstruct a multidimensional view ...

An October 23 federal grand jury indictment unveiled two additional charges against Nathaniel James McGuire, the 20-year-old ...

This week’s poetry connection comes from former Indy intern, Leticia Hernández-Linares, a poem published in her first ...

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When Edgar Alvarez—entrepreneur and owner of Grand Central Fashion—arrived in America in 2015, he spoke little to no English.

I’ll state the obvious: Designing for kids is never easy. They jump on the bed, they are hard on most things in your house, ...