The ordinance has been widely disregarded since becoming law in 1997 following a campaign led by the late epigrammatist.
First-ever statewide study conducted by UCSB researchers and collaborators.
An observer was reportedly bear-sprayed by an ICE agent and as many as 11 individuals, including a U.S. citizen, were detained Sunday morning.
You make an ass of yourself in a bar or a country, you should get 86ed.
The State Agency threatens a cease-and-desist order to shut down production; Houston oil company contends the federal government, not the state, has the last and final word over any oil it pumps.
Attorney Luis Esparza’s margin of victory over Judge Thomas Adams grows in latest county; Santa Maria School Boardmember Ricardo Valencia and Santa Maria City Councilmember Maribel Aguilera will face off for the 5th District seat in November.
After fifty years, Luis Esparza will replace Thomas Adams
The Sheriff’s Office is projected to spend $19 million in overtime this this year, leading grand jury to ask in new report, “What’s Up with the Excessive Overtime?”
The proposed musical performance, rehearsal, and instruction center at 901 State Street will feature a rooftop event space.
Egg masses reared into tadpoles are being released back into the Southern California wild.
Not since the 1970s has a challenger upset an incumbent judge in Santa Barbara County.
Attorney Luis Esparza is now 230 votes ahead of Judge Thomas R. Adams, but nearly 35,000 ballots remain to be counted.
Steyer, Measure A, Capps, Hart, Greene, and Slattery win big in the county.
The trip comes as Democratic leaders call for an investigation into Sable executive James Flores’s possible backdoor communications with Donald Trump.
The Goldwater Institute sues County Board of Supervisors and vintners association on behalf of Lompoc’s Flying Goat Cellars.
Santa Barbara Assemblymember Gregg Hart’s much-amended bill passes Assembly and heads to State Senate.
Tuesday is the deadline to get ballots turned in for the 2026 midterm elections.
The social media post transformed Santa Maria into a Gotham City apocalypse populated by hordes of non-white urban zombies standing in ominously long food lines.
An estimated 4,500 people now receiving Medi-Cal in Santa Barbara will cease to be eligible once the budget bill goes into effect later this year.
Boulder County Administrator Jana Petersen has been selected as S.B. County’s new executive officer.
Change the charter, or we'll never get real affordable housing.
CenCal CEO Marina Owen heads to Sacramento to share her thoughts on Newsom’s revised budget plan and its impact on the Central Coast’s 38,000 “Unsatisfactory Immigration Status” patients.
The awards coincide with the looming layoff of the county’s head co-response coordinator.
With the help of the Trump administration, Sable Offshore moves the Environmental Defense Center’s legal challenge to federal court.
Drivers caught holding their cell phones were fined, with second-time offenders also receiving a point on their driving records.
The village on Calle Real will provide permanent housing to 30 families in Santa Barbara County.
A new bike path opens, but will they come?
State Department of Health Care Services gives the Psychiatric Health Facility a clean bill of health for second year in a row.
More than 80 layoff notices issued as two county-owned-and-operated pharmacies are scheduled to be shut down.
Can anyone help Californians decide who should replace Newsom?
The county supervisors approve an executive negotiating agreement with an L.A.-based developer to build 104 units of housing at the current site of the County Probation Department on East Carrillo Street.
Supervisor Laura Capps convenes a public discussion at the board in response to community fears over voter intimidation.
The board takes baby steps toward doing just that, voting to fund a $250,000 “amortization study” to determine just how long existing operators must be allowed to continue producing oil and gas.
Don't let your voting rights get 86ed by the 47th president's Post Office.
Supes cut $70 million and 400 jobs, adding 512 jail beds at $212 million.
What can county government do to protect people from violent actions?
Holland, who said he has not been in the office for the past 18 months due to health issues, was the only department head not to show up in person for last week’s three-day budget preview marathon.
Police Chief Kelly Gordon reports there have been 108 e-bike accidents recorded between May 1, 2025 and February 28, 2026, including 11 serious injuries and one fatality.
Public Health and Social Services face most of the county's budget cuts.