A suspected gun threat led to San Marcos High School being put on lockdown Thursday morning. The incident stemmed from a ...

Susan Vaughn, 64, was identified by the Coroner’s Bureau as the woman who died after reportedly jumping off the pier.

This male American breed guinea-pig is a sweet-tempered boy with a beautiful sleek coat. He was rescued from a massive ...

The music legend behind and in front of the scenes brings his powerhouse Detroit project to the Lobero Theatre in Santa ...

Images are an important part of our paper each and every week, and most important of them all is what ends up on our cover.

The 8,500-square-foot Goleta Train Depot, located on La Patera Lane, will be built next to the existing Amtrak platform, ...

A jury trial is underway for a lawsuit between the oil giant that caused the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill and the oil company ...

A spanner entered the works of the Santa Barbara News-Press bankruptcy hearing when Judge Ronald A. Clifford expressed ...

Taking a ramble through Kevin Reimer ’s dense, jungly garden at the tippy-top of San Marcos Pass is a multisensory mystery ...

Go with stone fruits (peach, plum, etc.), avocado, and citrus. Avoid tropical things such as papaya, mango, and cherimoya.

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Food From The Heart (FFTH), a local non-profit organization, is beginning delivery service to residents of Carpinteria. Each week the ...