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California voters will decide on 14 statewide measures this general election, addressing housing, taxes, financial regulation, healthcare and politics. At their core, the initiatives ask Californians ...

Gabe Escobedo rides an e-bike down State Street, takes breaks at the corner coffee shop and speaks off the cuff. He campaigns door to door at a measured pace, and he says he’s learned to not waste ...

San Marcos High School healthcare academy students, from left, Daisy Garcia, Daniela Espinoza, Anahi Cortez and Hayden Jones at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo by Kaitlin Sweeney / Santa ...

A chimney fire erupts at a Montecito home on the 500 block of Picacho Lane. (Courtesy of Christina Atchison, public information officer for the Montecito Fire Department) A Montecito home on the 500 ...

Her mother was ill, her family moved often, and much of her childhood was spent navigating circumstances that gave her no other choice but to grow up quickly. Eventually, Wardlow decided she was in ...

The Santa Barbara Police Department responded to calls of a crash at 9:54 a.m. on the 3000 block of State St. between one car and a three-year-old child. (Photo by Angel Corzo/Santa Barbara News-Press ...

Back in 2005 the then Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce was opposing the city’s proposed living wage ordinance. Councilman Das Williams was the proposal’s strongest advocate. I was there on top ...

A little more than a year ago, Santa Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman suffered a heart attack. He was paddling at sea near the Santa Barbara Yacht Club when his heart gave out. His team members ...

The Montecito Sanitary District wastewater treatment plant was built in the early 1960s. In the short term, the board will be forced to spend millions of dollars on repairs. (Photo by Melinda ...

Will the one-time frontrunner Kristen Sneddon recapture any momentum? Will Eric Friedman be able to maintain his surge of popularity through election day? Can Wendy Sims-Moten pull off an upset and ...

Over 1,000 protestors flooded the streets of downtown Santa Barbara at noon on Saturday, marching from Alameda Park to City Hall in a bold display of opposition to President Trump and and his federal ...