The Santa Barbara City Council has passed a set of sweeping new design standards intended to bring developers more certainty ...

Santa Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman tapped into his biblical knowledge to anoint the moment at City Hall on Tuesday.

Free movies will be shown on a special schedule during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in the Arlington Theatre. The festival offers something for everyone's budget.

A recent Land Trust for Santa Barbara County report quantifies the economic value of the county’s natural lands and waters and ecosystem services.

Angelina Jolie will be honored with the Martin Modern Masters award at the Santa Barbara International Film festival Wednesday ...

Every year, more than 100,000 people attend the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, according to event staff.

I called the RCI operator and she told me that they cannot fix the website and that I had to ask Club Wyndham to fix it. They lied. Nothing wrong for their site, much be my pc has problem.

A giant anteater that called the Santa Barbara Zoo home for 13 years has died. Zoo staff say they noticed the animal’s ...

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Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has added “Community Pay-What-You-Can” preview performance of Hamlet in February.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has announced  a special added “Community Pay-What-You-Can” preview performance on ...

Under the new ordinance, the equipment must be located as close as feasible to shared property lines between adjacent lots, ...