Protests continued in Santa Barbara Saturday as hundreds of people gathered on Upper State Street to protest ongoing federal ...

Lights, camera and, finally, action. Almost a year after it closed for renovations, the McHurley Film Center in Santa Barbara officially reopened its ...

The new McHurly theatres in Santa Barbara will open this week. They will get their first use for the Santa Barbara ...

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As a small business owner who spends a significant amount of time downtown, I feel compelled to share my perspective on State Street because its current configuration directly affects my business and ...

A Southern California man was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting two women after he was arrested while he was a ...

New artistic window coverings are going up in downtown Santa Barbara where vacancies exist. It ads color to the area until a new tenant arrives.

Community members celebrated King’s legacy and called for ongoing civic engagement amid what organizers describe as a time of national uncertainty.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and more will be honored at the 41st edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which announced its full 2026 program on Wednesday.

CA: Indivisible Santa Barbara joins a broad coalition of groups across the country in calling for a coordinated Ice Out For Good Weekend of Action on January 10, 2026. The group met on State Street in ...

Ain’t that a beach! California is famous for its 900 miles of coastline, with signature beaches up and down the coast.

The Santa Barbara County board of supervisors unanimously approved a 72-hour ban on amplified music, which would fall on the first weekend of UC Santa Barbara's spring quarter when thousands of colleg ...