Santa Barbara County News

Emergency crews responded to Cachuma Lake for a possible drowning Friday night, with one person reported missing in the water, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

In a coroner's report provided to the Daily Nexus through a Public Records Act request, an autopsy revealed that former second-year double major in philosophy and language Sierra Markee-Winkler sustained injuries consistent with falling from a cliff, such as a broken neck, on May 4, 2014, the night she died.

Personally I prefer with wine with my meal, but as more and more craft beers turn up, some chefs are thinking outside the box and serving suds with suppers.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced the conviction of Francisco Javier Carranza, 44 years old, of Lompoc, California.

Suspected arson at UCSB lights up NoozWeek's Top 5, along with John Bennett's restaurant growth spurt, Huguette Clark's dolls, and the Fourth of July Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies wait for the all clear after authorities gather evidence inside a Virginia Road residence in Montecito on July 7. Montecito residents and morning commuters had ... (more)

Santa Maria police officers responded shortly before 8 a.m. to the city's Public Works Center at 815 W. Cypress St., where the device had been taken.

Harmon has lived in Arroyo Grande for nearly 30 years and has served on the city's architectural review committee since December 2013.

On a normal workday morning in the late 1990s, Elissa Davey read the newspaper at her kitchen table.

Stang, now the owner of Dilecta Wines, began his journey through wine at an early age.

Representatives from the Rona Barrett Foundation have announced the start of an ambitious three-year, community-wide fundraising campaign to raise $3.5 million to complete the construction and furbishing of the Golden Inn & Village and provide seed money for essential programs and services to be delivered there for resident seniors and all seniors ... (more)

The Coroner has released findings in the death of 20-year-old UCSB student that occurred in May, reports KEYT.

Assistant District Attorney Tim Covello will resign from his position in San Luis Obispo County and transition to a new role with the Office of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney.

Meet a few of the SLO County youth showing livestock Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at the 123rd annual Santa Barbara County Fair in Santa Maria.

Top row from left, Lynda Tanner, president and CEO of Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, Don and Dee Dee Barthelmess, Carol Kallman's husband and Don and Carol's daughter, with Robyn Parker, Santa Barbara Yacht Club Charity Regatta chair; Tom Parker, SBYC Charity Regatta past chair, and Rick Keith, VNHC Foundation executive director; bottom row from ... (more)

This week, Stokesa are on the hook for $9.3 million, half payable by the end of this year, the rest by next July.

Exclusive review of Measure M precinct numbers finds support in 3 of 5 supervisorial districts, but not enough to overcome Santa Barbara-area voter opposition Road work, such as construction on a new bridge on Cathedral Oaks Road near Goleta, above, makes up a big part of Santa Barbara County's backlog in maintenance.

Firefighters responding shortly after 3 p.m. found a single-engine aircraft that had sustained a collapsed nose gear, said Capt.

There are a number of musicians who might not be household names, but have been instrumental to the music that we have known and loved over the years.

Lompoc Mayor John Linn once again during a recent City Council meeting demonstrated his contempt for transparency when discussing public business.

If there's one thing that California's wineries hate, it's squatters. No, not people living in the vineyards - they can always put them to work picking grapes.