Sonoma State University students gathered in Stevenson Hall to make “broken heart valentine” cards, which they delivered, ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla celebrated Rona Grafton's 100th birthday during an away day in Middlesbrough, hand-delivering ...

In what appears to be the first known case of a deportation in Santa Cruz County since Donald Trump returned as president, ...

Kids at the local after-school program Kidworks made Valentine's cards for distribution at Southwest Senior Center in Santa ...

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The Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office/Department of Weights and Measures is warning of the dangers of ...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, our partners at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier invite you to “Show Some Love,” a week-long celebration of romance that starts tomorrow and runs ...

The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for bank and tax ...

After after a snowy Friday night and a cold, slippery Saturday morning, 10-year-old Keira Hanson discovered too late that her dance class had been canceled. She’d been dropped off at class ...

More than 60 people gathered to pay tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter at a recent event hosted by Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara ...

A skimming device was discovered at a gas station in Guadalupe on Jan. 13 of this year and the Santa Barbara County ...

In a heartwarming effort to help victims of California’s wildfires, fifth-and sixth-grade students at Erie Intermediate ...