Taylor O'Connor

Santa Barbara County's visitors will soon see a higher bill at the end of their stay as local voters approved hotel bed tax increases throughout the region.

More than 13 percent of students enrolled in Santa Barbara County K-12 schools are considered homeless, and more than 260 students were in foster care during the 2022-23 school year.

Four North County school districts placed bond measures on the ballot this year to make site improvements or build a new school—with two passing the...

Local residents need more local authority when it comes to approving cell towers in neighborhoods, not less, Janet del'Giudice wrote to the

White jujube flowers shriveled up and fell off Alisha Taff's trees during the summer, and all she could do was watch.

Playing outside, practicing sports, riding bicycles, and hiking on trails are a few of the activities highlighted in artwork Santa Barbara County students submitted for

Senior mobile home parks will be protected from conversion to all-ages for 10 more months after the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved...

Chumash Fire Department Capt. Quntan Garcia placed a stalky beige plant into my hand and slowly trickled water from his Kirkland water bottle over it....

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the first-of-its-kind Agricultural Enterprise Ordinance, closing years of time and effort poured into one document. “The...

At least 47 animal deaths, including one known golden eagle fatality, brought the Strauss Wind Energy Project back to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission...