While this hardly qualifies as the stuff of stirring courtroom melodrama, it’s absolutely a very big deal for Sable Offshore, ...

Timothy Patrick Reed It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather ...

The commanding officer of USS Santa Barbara was relieved of duty on Thursday. A Navy news release cited a loss of confidence in Cmdr. Adam Ochs’s ability to command the littoral combat ship. The term ...

Cmdr. Adam Ochs, left, seen here conducting a tour at Sattahip Naval Base, Thailand, on July 7, was relieved of his duties as commanding officer of the USS Santa Barbara on Thursday. (Sgt. Mitchell ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Dayton Robery Aldrich, a former employee of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office and current employee of the City of Santa Barbara, was charged Wednesday with: ...

Although final Emmy voting has just begun (and will end on August 27th), the early signs of Oscar season are already upon us. Evidence of that is the annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Gifford fire exploded overnight in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, Cal Fire said: As of Monday, it had burned nearly 70,000 acres and was only 3% contained.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (KABC) -- Firefighters are trying to gain control of the Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The blaze is just 3% percent contained and has significantly ...

TO OUR WILDFIRE COVERAGE NOW, THE FAST GROWING GIFFORD FIRE FORCING EVACUATIONS IN SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. THIS IS A TIME LAPSE OF THE FIRE FROM AN ALERT CALIFORNIA CAMERA. OVER ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- An investigation was underway Friday morning after three people were stabbed in a popular area of Santa Barbara. Around 12:23 a.m., officers were flagged down by ...

The Santa Barbara Transportation and Circulation Committee is nearing the start of construction on what has already been a decade-long process to transform 3.1 miles of Cliff Drive into an area that ...

The University of California Board of Regents today approved Dr. Dennis Assanis as UC Santa Barbara’s sixth chancellor. He will assume his role on September 1, 2025. Assanis comes to UC from the ...