The Santa Barbara County Courthouse had a record number of weddings and marriage licenses in 2025. The scenic location has a ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors may reconsider the size of the planned Northern Branch Jail expansion, and ...

The board voted 4-0 to audit the county’s top five overtime-incurring departments and to increase oversight of the Sheriff’s Office, including looking into creating a new Inspector General position ...

Increasing water is important for Santa Barbara County’s long-term supply, to bank water in times of plenty and withdraw it in dry times, according to ...

Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies” brings elementary students from across Santa Barbara County to the Arlington Theatre for a ...

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The Santa Barbara County Supervisors are going to take a closer look at overtime costs in the sheriff's department. Overtime ...

In honor of World Spay Day, Santa Barbara Humane, Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society, and ASAP Cats are coming together to host a county-wide Spay and ...

A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office custody sergeant has been arrested on suspicion of timecard fraud. Segun Ogunleye, 34, faces charges including embezzlement of public funds, forgery, and grand ...

Melinda Cabrera, who has spearheaded a series of programmatic and operational enhancements over the course of her 30-month ...

By Mike Stoker Santa Barbara County is at a crossroads, and once again, local officials are looking to the pockets of hardworking residents to solve a crisis of their own making. The proposal to hike ...

A new prescribed burn, called 2026 Camino Cielo, was initiated today at 5:12 p.m. in in Santa Barbara County, California. The ...