An U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pepper sprays a person in the face at close range in Santa Barbara’s ...

Located at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the city of 30,000 appears to be closely following in Sausalito's footsteps.

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to accept California Coastal Commission changes to the ...

The Santa Barbara City Council narrowly approved housing and rent stabilization measures in a 4-3 vote on7, 2026.

Renters in Santa Barbara could see temporary relief after the city council voted to approve a moratorium on rent increases across much of the city. The council approved the measure in a 4–3 vote. The ...

Santa Barbara is being asked to accept an emergency rent freeze as though it were the only moral choice, urgent, unavoidable, and overdue. But when you look closely at how this proposal came about, a ...

The current push for a rent freeze did not emerge from a comprehensive housing study, a years-long planning process, or broad community collaboration. It began with a two-person memo filed in October ...

Storm flooding hinders drivers in Old Town Goleta on Saturday at Fairview and Hollister avenues. Many local roads were flooded during heavy rains, and some highways and mountain roads were closed for ...