After five months and a $3.6 million repair project, the pier at Hearst Beach will reopen to the public on Friday, Feb. 21.

The Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Grove used to be California's largest wintering site for monarch butterflies, but in 2024, only 30 butterflies were counted.

In a 5-0 vote on Wednesday, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission endorsed the most consequential changes to the ...

The number of apartments converted nationwide from office buildings reached a record high of 70,700 units and these conversions are also increasingly targeting newer office buildings. The ...

Drifts of hail collect along Hollister Avenue in Goleta, near the Santa Barbara Airport ... up against the cold Sunday morning on East Beach in Santa Barbara on Jan. 26, 2025.

After an epic dry streak, the first real rain of winter fell in Southern California, bringing elevated risk of floods and landslides to areas recently burned by wildfires.

In a 5-0 vote on Wednesday, the county Planning Commission endorsed the most consequential changes to the county’s cannabis ...

The number of monarch butterflies migrating to California over the winter has hit ... (645 monarchs), according to the annual count. Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove in San Luis Obispo County ...

Conservationists plan to appeal the project on an undeveloped slice of the Gaviota Coast currently zoned for 71 homesites.

The suspect of a robbery and sexual assault that occurred at Goleta Beach two weeks ago is still at large, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says. At 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 1, the University of ...