They say you can’t put a price tag on beauty, but maybe you can.       A recent report from the Land Trust for Santa Barbara ...

Lompoc, founded as a temperance colony and now home to multiple tasting rooms, would be axed from future maps and advertising ...

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A Central Coast city won’t be joining a new California wine country district after a vote held by the city council last week.

After an epic dry streak, the first real rain of winter fell in Southern California, bringing elevated risk of floods and ...

As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near ...

shops and restaurants are all located within a 3-mile radius in the downtown area. Santa Barbara is also known for its green transportation options and car free program that provides walking maps ...

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...

While visiting the wildfire-torn community of Altadena Thursday, leading House Democrats called for federal assistance ...

The fires, which began on Jan. 7 and are still not fully contained, have killed 28 people and damaged or destroyed nearly ...