Joyce Dudley is the retired district attorney of Santa Barbara County. The opinions expressed are her own.

The Santa Barbara Foresters couldn’t overcome an early deficit and fell by a score of 6-3 to the San Luis Obispo Blues on Thursday at Sinsheimer Park. The ...

Tinder app owner buys El Encanto Hotel, Santa Maria bank reports growth, and Corazón Cocina expands to Ventura ...

This year’s 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara earthquake has brought to my mind the two devastating quakes that struck ...

Firefighters quickly stopped a pair of small brush fires south of Orcutt as the blazes sent smoke onto Highway 101 Thursday ...

Police arrested a Guadalupe man Wednesday night after a standoff following an alleged domestic violence incident, according to the Santa Barbara County ...

A juvenile already in custody has been identified as the suspect in a fatal shooting on the Fourth of July in Santa Maria. At ...

In Sunshine and Survival Ed Maschke, longtime Santa Barbara County environmental activist, political consultant, labor ...

To celebrate more than a decade of serving the Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara Humane invites the community to an Open House, noon-3 p.m. Saturday, July ...

As summer heats up, so does the competition on the field at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, as it heads into ...

Drivers are advised that Santa Maria’s Pavement Repairs Project will result in temporary delays during the nighttime hours on East Stowell Road from ...

Former Dos Pueblos star wrestler Sean Yamasaki has been named the head wrestling coach at Santa Ynez High. Sean Yamasaki will ...