Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido has announced her campaign for reelection — supporting 20 school ...

The popular Zip Books program is returning to Santa Ynez Valley libraries on Thursday, giving local readers expanded access ...

Dunn School sophomore Dylan Shomes tries to avoid pressure from Carpinteria’s Sammy Medel during the Earwigs 65-36 home win ...

California has long had the reputation — backed by copious data — of being a high-tax state, which made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ...

Voting for the Best of the Santa Ynez Valley Contest ends this Thursday! You still have a little time to support your ...

The Dunn School Earwigs enjoyed a comfortable 65-36 home win to kick off the 2025-2026 season. See photos from the game in this gallery.

A series of wet storms have dropped between 3 and 13 inches of rain over Santa Barbara County since Nov. 13, with another ...

Caltrans has finished the first phase of a long-planned safety overhaul at one of Lompoc’s most dangerous intersections, ...

In a letter to French physicist Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Ben Franklin famously wrote, “in this world nothing can be said to be ...

Residents on Santa Maria’s south side are demanding answers after what appeared to be a large-scale federal ...

Cannabis is not medicine and never has been. Health insurance, which is supposed to keep people healthy, not promote ...

Three new pro-development appointees at the powerful Coastal Commission are trying to remedy its poor reputation among ...