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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A spotlight falls on empty chairs with stark white cushions. The audience — guided by co-directors and lifelong artistic collaborators E. Bonnie Lewis and Ken Gilbert — takes a deep, shared breath ...

Santa Barbara Unified School District announces participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACFP is available ...