The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated flood advisory at 8:54 p.m. on Sunday. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall ...

They say you can’t put a price tag on beauty, but maybe you can.       A recent report from the Land Trust for Santa Barbara ...

Residents of Santa Barbara County can see how exceptionally beautiful their home is, but how do you quantify that level of ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The USDA’s LFPA program and the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County are working to strengthen the local ...

Federal, state, and county agencies and officials are still evaluating the full scope of the order, which was temporarily ...

Snow, hail and flooding affected roads throughout Santa Barbara County on Sunday, as a cold weather system brought a number ...

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Metrolink will likely be making a northern expansion in the coming months, adding a morning commuter train between Ventura ...

The new ordinance requires cannabis growers to install odor "scrubbers" in greenhouses over the next 12 months or risk losing ...

Officials and volunteers in Santa Barbara County conducted the annual county-wide point-in-time count Wednesday.

Two of the three counties on the Central Coast saw their unemployment rates continue to fall in December with the only exception being Santa Barbara County, according to the latest data provided by ...

This year’s featured book is “Flight Behavior,” Barbara Kingsolver’s 2012 novel that explores themes of climate change and ...