A new $2.6 million aerial ladder fire truck, more police officers and the return of Sunday hours at two city libraries are in ...

A 24-year-old Santa Barbara man was arrested for attempted murder after a domestic violence incident in the 1100 block of Hutash ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — After months of concerns, the city of Santa Barbara has strengthened its ordinance to improve bike safety throughout the city. Officials say the changes come in response ...

University police issued a warning to the UC Santa Barbara community this week, alerting them to be on the lookout for the suspect(s) involved in at least two on-campus hate crimes. Both instances ...

Santa Barbara, CA (February 9, 2025) – At least one person was injured in a collision involving an electric scooter on Saturday evening ... is the official incident report taken by responding police ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. Electric bikes and scooters ... where campus police watch for ...

Santa Barbara police have asked the county district attorney to consider filing trespassing, battery and hate crime charges against a woman who was seen in a viral video arguing with a ...

and “Jeanne Umana, move out!” could be heard. The outlet reported that the crowd later moved to outside the Santa Barbara Police Department. During the confrontation between Umana and ...

No uniformed police officers were present outside the station. Santa Barbara Police Department spokesman Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale confirmed Monday that police were looking into the incident recorded in ...

An armed man suspected of robbing two banks and carjacking a vehicle in Santa Cruz County was arrested Saturday. Police identified the suspect on Sunday as 43-year-old Adam Henry Roberts.

Santa Barbara’s interim police chief is stepping down. The police department says Barney Melekian has helped guide the department through various COVID-19 masking and vaccination issues since ...

St. George’s proposed four-story development on Milpas Street — recently approved by the council — saying it will gentrify one of Santa Barbara’s oldest neighborhoods. He would not have approved the ...