Santa Barbara County News

If approved by voters in June, the Measure M facilities ordinance would require Santa Barbara County to maintain all county-owned roads, parks and buildings in the same or better condition than existed when the initiative passed.

The city of Santa Rosa, California, has "cut against the trend" by implementing a safe parking program at the county fairgrounds lot.

The Santa Barbara Strings' three progressive tiers of string ensembles will present an impressive array of pieces from the Baroque and beyond, including Edvard Grieg's Holberg Suite and a Pietro Antonio Locatelli Concerto Grosso , at its free 2014 Spring Concert in May. Concerto competition winners will be presenting the Antonio Lucio Vivaldi's ... (more)

We wish to thank the county for its effort in negotiating with the state to retain these buildings for community use.

One summer the popular wine is chardonnay and the next it's sauvignon blanc, and different wines can be “the one” for sipping, steaks, or celebrations.

The public is invited to attend the fifth annual St. Mark's Cellar Classic: An Auction of Rare & Fine Wines in the garden courtyard at St. Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church at 2901 Nojoqui Avenue in downtown Los Olivos on Saturday, June 28, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Los Olivos, Santa Barbara County, California-The public is invited to attend the ... (more)

Crane Country Day School proudly presents a free screening of the sold-out Santa Barbara International Film Festival documentary selection Bridgewalkers , featuring tribal and spiritual leaders from around the world on a quest to restore balance to our relationship with Earth.

Goleta city leaders don't agree with Santa Barbara County's plans for Goleta Beach Park and haven't been quiet about it, but now they're threatening to take legal action if the Board of Supervisors moves forward with the project.

He was born Dec. 24, 1922, at the San Ysidro Guest Ranch to Italian immigrant parents Lorenzo and Giuditta Dall'Armi, who worked at the ranch as a domestic and a stonemason.

This is an unoaked Chardonnay from Chile. It has an amazing level of freshness and acidity for the price."

NoozWeek's Top 5 rounds out with a strawberry upside-down wreck, Rep. Lois Capps and lawlessness, a fatal DUI sentencing, and a Hawaii murder fugitive The stabbing that preceded a near-riot in Isla Vista the night of March 8 left a trail of blood on the sidewalk.

Opening remarks given by Chief Beverly A Taylor and the Honorable Arthur Garcia on March 7, 2014, kicked off the Santa Barbara County Probation Department's 29th annual Staff Recognition Dinner at the Rancho Santa Ynez Valley Marriot.

Join the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce for the March Business After-Hours event from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at Sandpiper Golf Club , 7925 Hollister Ave. in Goleta.

History will unfold on the stages of Goleta Valley, La Cumbre, La Colina, and Santa Barbara junior high schools on March 18 and 19 when Beyond Tolerance sponsors a Living Voices production of "Hear My Voice."

Two Santa Barbara County races are being hotly contested for the June 3 statewide election: the Second District supervisor seat and sheriff-coroner.

Firefighters were dispatched Thursday afternoon after receiving a call reporting a delivery truck had backed into a Montecito clothing store, putting the stability of the building's roof into question.

A Santa Maria couple were arrested on child endangerment charges Tuesday after their 4-year-old daughter was found walking by herself while the couple were allegedly gambling inside the Chumash Casino .

The Santa Barbara Public Library System is partnering with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department to help residents apply for and enroll in health care coverage through Medi-Cal or Covered California.

Pat McElroy, the City of Santa Barbara's fire chief, is without doubt the best natural politician operating in Santa Barbara County that nobody ever voted for.

Goleta Beach is one of Santa Barbara County's most popular parks. But imagine going to Goleta Beach Park and finding no beach.