From old cars, photos, and an earthquake simulator, Santa Barbara residents and visitors got to step into the past and peek ...

Still looking for something to do this Fourth of July? Here's everything happening this holiday weekend on the Central Coast! Santa Barbara County City of ...

Just minutes from the heart of Santa Barbara is a park boasting a scenic (yet challenging) hike with stunning views of wildlife and the Pacific Ocean.

ArtistOnTheGo celebrates its first season Sept 1—filmed across continents, honoring art in its rawest form. A soulful journey ...

The Plaza Hotel stands as a two-story testament to San Juan Bautista’s days as a crucial stagecoach stop on the route between San Francisco and Los Angeles. You can wander through rooms that once ...

The heart of San Juan Bautista beats strongest at Mission San Juan Bautista, a magnificent adobe structure that has anchored this community since 1797. Unlike many California missions that feel more ...

Traffic on a busy section of De la Vina Street in Santa Barbara will change to southbound only on Thursday as the city begins ...

This past March, Charles Love passed away, just months shy of the 50 th anniversary of our family’s arrival in Santa Barbara.

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The bells of Old Mission Santa Barbara rang out Sunday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 earthquake that ...

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.