Three student organizations launched a campaign, Stop Sable Pipeline @ UC Santa Barbara, to stop Houston-based upstream oil ...

"Thank god we had broad support here in the community," noted Panetta. Since the devastating 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, California has prohibited new offshore oil and gas drilling in state waters.

This month marks the 56th anniversary of the massive Santa Barbara Channel oil spill that marked the beginning of the environmental movement in the United States. The first Earth Day celebration, on ...

At the conclusion of the second, Costner — a Santa Barbara local who co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film — will participate in a Q&A moderated by SBIFF executive director Roger ...

NBC senior White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell last week first announced the couple’s planned Santa Barbara County visit. The Bidens visited the Santa Ynez Valley last summer ...

The controversial Europe Asia Pipeline Company will pay just over NIS 1.5 million ($415,000) in a criminal case brought by the state for causing the worst oil spill in Israel’s history ...

Santa Barbara Police responded Tuesday afternoon to a report of an armed robbery at a Santa Barbara bank near the Milpas Street roundabout. The robbery was reported at 2:21 p.m. on January 14 at a ...

Seep wants to play its part in changing this, and the UK startup has its eyes set on a winnable corner of the plastic-fightback – your kitchen sink, and the draining board next to it. Sponges, ...

Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur ...

As wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, residents are bracing for another round of Santa Ana winds and drought conditions, keeping fire danger critical as crews work to contain the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Phil Svitek has already geared up for a potential evacuation. “You just close that door for the last time and it's like, 'is this it?' 'is this last time I'm entering ...

Corcoran Group founder and "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran established a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the residents of the Pacific Palisades mobile home park she called her "little slice of ...