First, he discovered that he and other senior students had to pay the Santa Barbara City College health fee even though they were on Medicare. Next, he was dismayed that the Metropolitan Transit ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Ever since the University of California stopped using the SAT and ACT for freshman admissions in 2020, graduation ...

Matt Kilrain is back on his bicycle, his campaign signs are back around town, and “Boat Rat Matt” is back on the ballot. Five years after finishing last in Santa Barbara’s six-candidate 2021 mayoral ...

The Santa Barbara Holiday Parade will return to State Street for the first time since 2019. (Courtesy DSBIA) SANTA BARBARA, ...

The city of Santa Barbara is struggling to create a policy that regulates illegal vacation rentals. This area of Santa Barbara has had complaints about vacation rentals. (Photo by Joshua Molina/Santa ...

This article first appeared in EdSource. A winter of potentially devastating weather driven by what scientists predict to be a massive El Niño event could strain many of California’s TK-12 public ...

Santa Barbara City Councilmember Kristen Sneddon proposed a change to rent stabilization ordinance on Tuesday, but then changed her mind after a lack of support. The council ended up approving the ...

Food assistance to pay for groceries is still available to many low-income California families who receive summer food assistance for their kids. Nearly $106 million of the federally funded SUN Bucks ...

School board candidates Jacqueline Inda Karlsen, Mark Philibosian, Rose Munoz and Valerie Amparan at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters. (Photo by Julianna Lozada/Santa Barbara News-Press) ...

The Calle Cesar Chavez corridor runs from E. Gutierrez Street to E. Cabrillo Boulevard, covering 0.5 mile of street and 86 addresses (Photo by Sofia Wallace/Santa Barbara News-Press) Santa Barbara ...

Striking Solvang city workers march on Mission Drive during the annual Danish Days Parade on Saturday, Sept. 18. (Photo by Tom Schultz/Santa Barbara News-Press) Talks remained stuck and new disputes ...

Montecito Water District officials are looking to sell 1,400 acre feet of water to Solomon Hills, a proposed North County housing development. (Photo by Tom Schultz/Santa Barbara News-Press) A $40 ...