In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

Drought conditions in California improved after a series of atmospheric river-fueled rain storms swept through the state.

Montecito Fire Department’s 16th annual Neighborhood Chipping Program will begin Feb. 18. The fire prevention and preparedness project assists ...

Find collectibles and other treasures, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 23. Admission $5; free for ages 12 and younger. No pets allowed. Future date: March 23; and other 4th Sundays of the month. Pierce College, ...

By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for for ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

If you’ve lived around here for years, you may take the Cold Spring bridge for granted. From behind the wheel, it’s just a ...

The wheels on the bus go round and round, all the way to the Hot Springs Trail in Montecito. Enflaming already existing ...

A three-story, 44-room hotel is expected to be built despite a recent appeal by Santa Barbara resident Steve Johnson. "The ...

In his cutting takedown of the prince’s lifestyle, the Sun’s Tom Quinn said walking his dog is now one of the few daily activities that Harry partakes in. He wrote: “Friends say he’s made a decent ...

Santa Barbara's most famous avenue, State Street cuts through downtown for 10 blocks and leads right onto Stearns Wharf. It's nearly impossible to miss with its shops, art galleries, theaters and ...