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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara City Council is getting ready to appoint a new Poet Laureate. George Yatchisin is slated to be appointed by the City Council as the next Poet Laureate ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A new midday bus service connecting North County and the South Coast debuts this month, offering free rides throughout April. The Santa Barbara County Association of ...

Santa Barbara quickly became a hub for innovation in diving technology, SBMM said. Companies like DIVCON, California Divers (Cal Dive), and Oceaneering International emerged, with Santa Barbara ...

Pelicans float on the water with an offshore oil platform in the background in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 2010 (AP photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) LOS ANGELES (CN ...

Santa Barbara police arrested a man on suspicion of robbing a local surf shop Sunday night. At 5:21 p.m., officers responded to the report of a robbery on the 100 block of State Street and located ...

The Duke of Sussex showed his support for victims of the devastating LA wildfires on Saturday night by attending a charity concert in Santa Barbara to help raise funds. Prince Harry, 40 ...

Sian Barbara Allen, who appeared in several TV series and TV movies through the early 1970s to late ’90s, has died. The ...

Pearl's Clues on 'The Masked Singer' Pearl made her debut during Voices of Olympus: Unmasking of the Gods Night during season 13 in March 2025. The masked celebrity gave a handful of clues away ...

The California Department of Public Health has issued an alert for residents not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, or scallops from Santa Barbara County. The agency warned that cooking does ...

(Bloomberg) — In 2021, Roger Himovitz bought a 214-acre piece of land on the Gaviota Coast, just north of Santa Barbara. The property ... holds the key to the preservation of this part of California,” ...