The California Policy Lab estimates nearly 1 in every 8 Californians with a criminal record is potentially eligible to obtain ...

A community-focused initiative with the United Way of Northern Santa Barbara County is helping to distribute more than $300,000 to Central Coast children.

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Former students of Olivet University, headquartered near Anza in a remote part of Riverside County, claim they were required to work, at times for no pay, and couldn't leave campus without permission.

A new wildfire was reported 3:48 p.m. Aug. 26 in Santa Barbara County, California. Cachuma Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 10 days.

The newly awarded grant, titled Resilient Firewise Communities, will be used to strengthen wildfire resilience throughout Santa Barbara County until ...

By Joan Hartmann (3rd District Santa Barbara County Supervisor)  and Gina Fischer (3rd District Chief of Staff) As a County ...

In Santa Maria on Saturday, community service organization Serve Santa Maria partnered up with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to build beds for kids. The project is one of their biannual community ...

Roberta received her Master of Science in Nursing with Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification from California State ... psychiatrist in Santa Barbara. I specialize in ADHD ...

Central Coast community ... in California history. What: Rally and press conference calling on the commission to deny lease assignments for offshore oil and gas pipelines, a step toward allowing ...

In the piece below, we let you know how to watch or stream the high school games happening in Santa Barbara County, California this week. Get full access to live regular season and postseason ...

the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, the Steams Wharf and Alameda Park. a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a ...