On January 30th, 2025, the Santa Barbara Police Department will visit local bars and restaurants to educate customers on the importance of monitoring how much they drink and to “know your limit.” The ...

Tom Spoonerow Loving husband, father, grandpa and brother, Tom Spoonerow passed away on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 at the age of ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

The best way to get around Santa Barbara is on foot. Most of the main attractions, shops and restaurants are all located within a 3-mile radius in the downtown area. Santa Barbara is also known ...

According to Vanity Fair, Harry and Meghan-along with comedian turned real estate investor Ellen DeGeneres-are all blamed for the increase home prices in Montecito, as well as a flood of photographers ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from ... The Trump administration tried multiple times to enact his order restricting travel from those Muslim-majority nations. California and others ...

Author Lindsay Jill Roth details essential questions for any transatlantic romance in new book - seemingly taking inspiration ...

Together, they share children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The family live in Montecito, California but travel around the US and the world to champion causes close to their hearts ...

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More than 250,000 sandbags have been placed in flood-prone areas, the California Department of ... s most destructive recent land flows. The Santa Barbara County community of Montecito was ...

With many parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a ...