On Friday evening, crews responded to reports of two surfers yelling for help about 200 yards offshore, near the Santa Cruz Lighthouse. The Coast Guard said the search was suspended around 8 a.m.

Ethan Hawke was honored at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and to help him celebrate, he was joined by his ...

They were reportedly seen near the lighthouse on West Cliff Drive ...

Community members for the better part of a year have urged the city to update its zoning code after then 9-year-old Nicholas Bard and his family were ordered to relocate their hive.

As a Santa Barbara resident for more than 20 years, I couldn’t help but laugh at the Feb. 1 article, “Experts Discuss How to Revitalize Santa Barbara ...

With the help of a fire sprinkler system, firefighters limited the damage from a fire that broke out Saturday in a Goleta commercial building, according ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two missing surfers near the Santa Cruz Lighthouse. The Coast Guard received a report from bystanders of the surfers in the water yelling for help approximately ...

Two surfers were reported yelling for help near the Santa Cruz Lighthouse on Friday evening, according to authorities.

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The revelations are part of the county’s Child Death Review Team’s examination of fatalities from 2021 to 2023, which found that most child deaths were preventable, that the isolation and stress ...

SHIELD explores ICE-free zones, county property limits in Santa Cruz County ...

New Curator of Mammalogy Ally Coconis, Ph.D., with kangaroo rat specimens in the SBMNH collections. Photo by SBMNH Coconis ...