By Wade Stewart Cowper A danger to democracy is hiding in plain sight right here in Santa Barbara County as voters prepare to cast...

The estimated cost of a City Hall consulting contract for the State Street Master Plan Committee ballooned to $800,000 this week, as the...

Josh Molina and Nick Welsh join the genial host to break down Santa Barbara’s biggest local news stories, in a special week-in-review...

Pass the Red Bull, Maude, it looks like a dozy election season in Santa Barbara. As Friday's deadline passed to register to run for...

By Melinda Burns Santa Barbara County's tax revenue from cannabis cultivation is projected to be only $12.4 million this fiscal year --...

As critical Covid data markers sustained their downward trend this week, Ukraine replaced the pandemic as Global Topic A in Santa...

By Melinda Burns The county Board of Supervisors this week expanded the burgeoning cannabis industry in the North County and Carpinteria...

Joyce Dudley will never forget the final words her late husband spoke to her three years ago. "Unfortunately, with the very untimely...

The "Friday news dump" is a time-honored method in the world of politics and media for entities to put out and lowball negative news...

Cary Matsuoka, the previous superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, was shown the door in 2020, after bungling...

By Melinda Burns Under pressure from growers, the county Board of Supervisors is tinkering with the acreage caps in its cannabis...

Every editor endowed with the authority to decide what goes on the cover of their publication knows the Front Page Golden Rule: You never...

By Melinda Burns On a 3-to-1 vote, the county Board of Supervisors approved zoning permits this week for a 24-acre cannabis “grow” on...

It was a UCSB undergrad named Bill Harrison who launched KCSB-FM in 1962, a five-watt operation broadcast from his room in the Anacapa...

By Melinda Burns The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission this month unanimously approved one of the largest and smelliest cannabis...

Conflict between renters and landlords over economics and health and safety issues in Santa Barbara's tight housing market was Topic A on...

The Omicron variant has triggered the highest case loads of the pandemic in Santa Barbara County, even as public health leaders suggest...

By Melinda Burns In a surprise move, the owners of El Dorado Farms on Highway 246 west of Buellton recently withdrew their proposal for...

In the most heroic act of journalism since George Smalley's horse took a bullet at Antietam, Nick Welsh showed up for duty on Newsmakers...

The news that Supervisor Gregg Hart is running for Santa Barbara's newly-drawn 37th state Assembly District sets off a cascade of...