This was the route of the first Southern Pacific Railroad across the Goleta Valley from Santa Barbara to the end of the track at a turntable and station on Ellwood Station Road to the west. The “curvy ...

Under the bright lights of the Brawlin’ Betties ’ home track at Earl Warren Showgrounds, two roller derby teams jammed, ...

Casual, affordable, beachside eats are much harder to come by in Santa Barbara than they should be, but the purr-fectly ...

The incessant roar came from a cascading a waterfall still unseen, but its cacophony increased as my pace quickened while ...

It’s well known that cargo vessels and whales don’t mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for the ...

Bird flu has been spreading among dairy workers in California’s Central Valley, jumping from cows to people. A new suspected ...

Two young girls were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday, and major injuries were reported in a multi-vehicle ...

Grief can be a funny thing. When I heard Claire Bidwell Smith talk at Godmothers last month, the author and grief therapist ...

This edition of ON the Beat was originally emailed to subscribers on November 21, 2024. To receive Josef Woodard’s music ...

Debates on abortion have long been linked to moral, religious, medical and political issues. But abortion policy also has considerable influence on a driving force across all walks of life in the U.S ...

The Gauchos will play at Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Palo Alto.

A take on the “beauty and the beast” trope, I Married a Golem takes place in the “old world” shtetel setting. In this story, Ava (played by Lillian McKenzie) is tricked into marrying the lonely, local ...