With smoke from the growing fire off State Route 166 blowing into Santa Barbara County, an air quality watch was issued by the county's Air Pollution Control District on Wednesday afternoon.

CONDADO DE SANTA BÁRBARA, California — El Distrito de Control de la Contaminación del Aire del Condado de Santa Bárbara ...

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Paradegoers can spot Veggie Rescue’s brand-new refrigerated van making its parade debut, thanks to a generous gift from The Balay Ko Foundation. Volunteers will also be handing out complimentary bags ...

The planned elimination of California’s Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program funding — dropping from $1 billion to zero — puts real lives in immediate danger, right here in our ...

Pink is back, and in a beautifully soft and muted way. Pink has often been associated with nurseries and feminine spaces ...

The foundation said it would invite qualified buyers to the private auction, with an emphasis on those who would keep the properties as low-cost housing.

The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) is proud to announce it has been awarded $5,898,178 in Homekey+ funding from the California Department of Housing & Community Development ...

The proposed 43 percent cut in the federal budget to rental assistance programs will put children, seniors, and working ...

SANTA BÁRBARA, CA – 30 de junio de 2025 Resultados del impuesto de ocupación transitoria en la Ciudad de Santa ...

The City of Santa Barbara collected $3.2 Million in Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) for May 2025, the eleventh month in the ...