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The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) will be hosting their annual Art Awards on July 13 to honor outstanding ...

The California Wine Festival is returning to Santa Barbara on July 18 and 19 for two unforgettable events with oceanfront ...

Santa Barbara, CA — The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Bob Fuladi, a ...

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The reality was far worse than he’d imagined. Now that he’s back in Santa Barbara, he can’t wait to leave again.

California districts have not received Congressionally appropriated money for after school programs, academic enrichment, English-learner services, teacher professional development and migrant ...

California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry. Lawmakers left it out of the state budget they passed Monday.

Please join authors Steve Oney and Todd S. Purdum on July 5 at Tecolote Book Shop to celebrate the publications of their new books: Oney’s On Air The Triumph and Tumult of NPR and Purdum’s Desi Arnaz ...

California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

[Update: Thu., July 3, 5:36pm] The Madre Fire has expanded to 52,593 acres as of 5:17 p.m. on Thursday, still with only 5 ...

The young and dogmatically dressed act known as the 502s opened the evening with their friendly “lesser Lumineers” sound.