I recently came across an article in REALTOR® Magazine that really caught my eye. It was all about how showcasing energy ...

Exploring the Ambiguity of Life, Love, and Death,’ SBLJ hosts an event at Tecolote Books for their new edition on Oct. 18.

Owners turn to the public to help keep the family-run Mexican restaurant open in the face of financial struggles.

After a decade of easy-listening to Mac DeMarco, this old dog ain’t about to forget (lyric pull). No — in fact, I remembered, and remembered again, throughout his cathartic two-hour set at the Santa ...

In recognition of National Voter Education Week 2025, California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., urges all ...

Now officially a nonprofit empowering Santa Barbara’s next generation of musicians, Rock-N-Roll 805 is setting the stage for more young artists.

Nathaniel Rateliff doesn’t just walk onstage — he swaggers, he shakes, he grooves. Thursday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl, ...

"When It All Burns" author Jordan Thomas will open this year's series, On Fire, with a free talk and Q&A on October 9.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured emergency relief from the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon blocking the ...

I know Paul McCartney was great, but I spent that weekend at the beach with Eddie Vedder, Green Day, Hozier, Cage the ...

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The FUND for Santa Barbara strongly opposes Santa Barbara County’s decision to “transfer” 7,500 tax-paying undocumented patients out of public care and into private care.