Santa Barbara MTD has announced that a new on-demand microtransit service known as The Wave is now open for business in an area of Goleta and Isla Vista.

The number of units now completed or underway debunks naysayers who claimed when the idea first arose that conversions would ...

About one in nine people living in the United States reside in California. The population rose an estimated 1%, adding ...

California ’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth following a string of declines ...

Granite, a US-based construction company, has been awarded a contract worth approximately $38m by the California Department ...

By Tom Modugno The citizens of California are being forced to endure a lot of things these days, and it would appear that our ...

Investigators are looking for additional victims after a man with ties to a day care was arrested on child sexual abuse ...

Santa Barbara is a world-renowned place to visit, but its airport doesn't always reflect that. The city, however, is trying ...

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