The first time I saw Gabe Speier take the mound, I didn’t picture a future Team USA player pitching in the World Baseball ...

Plans for the boutique Surfliner Inn should come before the Carpinteria Planning Commission sometime in 2026, staff confirmed ...

A bicyclist died after he was struck by a vehicle that left the scene Sunday night in northwest Santa Maria, the same area where a pedestrian was killed a ...

Two separate early morning arson fires were under investigation Sunday in Santa Maria months after a series of suspicious ...

Linda Barrett with Bodie and Bella. Linda Barrett, beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away Jan. 24, 2026, after ...

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After another week of storms, Santa Barbara County is seeing higher-than-normal rainfall and strong water reserves for the year.  The amount of rainfall ...

The moon returns to our evening sky this week. If you step outside as darkness falls, you can watch as it changes its phase — from a crescent in the west, ...

Westmont Baseball (9-2, 6-2 PacWest) completed a four-game sweep of Vanguard (4-10, 1-7) by taking both ends of a doubleheader at Dean Harvey Field on ...

UC Santa Barbara figured the short shot would be a long shot to make against the University of Hawai’i’s towering, ...

San Marcos boys soccer suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 double-overtime loss to Santa Ana Valley in the CIF-SS Div. 5 Semifinals ...

Linnea Clapinski took center stage for Dos Pueblos girls lacrosse in Friday’s home opener, scoring all of her team’s goals in ...