3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (631+ words) About 100 people gathered at the Santa Barbara Courthouse on Wednesday night to condemn the federal agent who pepper-sprayed someone in the face on the Eastside earlier that day. Santa Barbara residents captured video Wednesday morning of a masked federal agent…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (968+ words) A masked federal agent wearing a vest labeled "police" pepper sprayed a person in the face at close range Wednesday morning on Santa Barbara's Eastside." The person appeared to be filming the man at the time with a phone, according…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1212+ words) What happens when a sharp, young anthropologist joins an elite wildland firefighting crew " when scholarship co-mingles with blood, burns and sweat on the frontlines of America's largest fires? In his book "When It All Burns" (Penguin RandomHouse, 2025), UC Santa Barbara's…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (191+ words) The Santa Barbara County Legislative Program Committee has drafted a 2026 platform of prioritized legislative principles, specific issues, projects and programs that warrant targeted advocacy, funding requests, and/or legislation by the county. Public review and comments on the 2026 Draft Legislative…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (357+ words) People in the Santa Barbara vicinity are invited to join millions of Americans across the country Saturday, Oct. 18 in a nationwide day of nonviolent protest at the second No Kings Day of Action. There are currently more than 2,000 events registered…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (849+ words) On Sunday, under the blazing desert sun, more than 200,000 people "several dozen from Santa Barbara County "converged on Glendale, Arizona, for the memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Glendalepolice and Turning Point USA estimates of in-person attendance were70,000 in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (435+ words) Miguel Solis described his daughter, 3-year-old Mila, as a girl who loved to laugh and eat. He said her favorite foods were chocolate-covered strawberries and Taco Bell. However, in the months after Solis separated from Mila's mother and she began…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (351+ words) A man suffered major injuries late Saturday night when he fell about 40 feet off the Isla Vista bluffs and landed on the beach rocks below, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. At 10:53 p.m., personnel from the Fire Department, the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (674+ words) Two of three killers involved in the satanic murder of Arroyo Grande teen Elyse Pahler are out of prison. Royce Casey, 47, Jacob Delashmutt, 47, and Joseph Fiorella, 45, killed Pahler in July 1995 after a "fascination with death metal music" " particular songs about…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (788+ words) The Gifford Fire east of Santa Maria exploded overnight Friday into Saturday, nearly doubling in size and torching rugged terrain along both sides of Highway 166. The area charred had soared in just a few hours, growing to 23,588 acres from 12,400 acres…...