California
The Lake fire in Santa Barbara County is more than 37,000 acres, but fire personnel have worked to mitigate risk to Santa Ynez and Los Olivos communities.
July 13, 2024
Travel & Experiences
Football, family, Randy’s Donuts and a few fierce rounds of Cards Against Humanity are on the agenda for ‘Abbott Elementary’ star Lisa Ann Walter.
July 12, 2024
A Santa Barbara County wildfire in the mountains above the Santa Ynez Valley has spread to more than 19,000 acres, causing evacuations near vineyards and Neverland Ranch.
July 7, 2024
Politics
The California Democrat endorsed Biden twice for president. She says he deserves a chance to show his disastrous debate performance was an anomaly. If he can do so.
July 3, 2024
UC Santa Barbara officials had sent a message to the group, the UCSB Liberated Zone, that the encampment violated university policies.
June 23, 2024
Sports
Kevin Seitter throws a complete-game four-hitter and Oregon eliminates No. 14 national seed UC Santa Barbara in a 3-0 NCAA baseball tournament victory.
June 2, 2024
Peter O’Malley donates 70 boxes of his father Walter’s documents and photographs, providing a road map of the Dodgers franchise from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Los Angeles.
June 12, 2024
UAW 4811, which represents 48,000 academic workers in the UC system, said its members would go on strike at UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara the first week of June.
May 31, 2024
World & Nation
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III transferred power briefly for elective treatment. The Pentagon says it was unrelated to cancer, for which his prognosis is “excellent.”
May 24, 2024
Rep. Adam B. Schiff picked up the endorsement of his old Senate primary foe Rep. Barbara Lee. In the process he also helped her doing some fundraising for campaign debts.
May 8, 2024