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

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

The Santa Barbara County Public Defender's Offices in Santa Maria and Santa Barbara will be collecting donations of new and ...

The first system in a series of storms expected to move over the Central Coast through next week dropped more than 2 inches ...