Santa Barbara County News

San Luis Obispo County sheriff's deputies find nearly $14 million worth of marijuana near Morro Bay.

The Gap Fire burns over a hilltop July 5. Similarities between the recent fire and the 1990 Painted Cave end when the results are compared.

Santa Barbara police arrest three men they say were stealing valuable auto parts.

"Bolt Brothers," by Cathy Gregg, was taken Oct. 12, 2006, looking west toward Santa Maria from Rosemary and Betteravia roads.

A lifetime of love for less than $30. Santa Barbara County Animal Services is declaring August "All the Love for Half the Price" month.

The Santa Barbara County Probation Department was out in full force Friday afternoon.

Residents of the Santa Barbara County hamlet of Casmalia are often treated to the sights and sounds of missiles launched from nearby Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Rewards totaling $1,500 are being offered to anyone with information about the gunshot death of a herding dog on a Buellton ranch.

A Santa Maria man was arrested today on suspicion of attempted homicide, assault with a firearm, discharging a firearm into an inhabited dwelling and active participation in a street gang in connection with a ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department finds almost $90 million worth of illegally-grown marijuana.

Los Padres National Forest officials today announced the reopening of Kirk Creek, Plaskett Creek and Arroyo Seco Campgrounds in the Monterey Ranger District, effective Friday.

An environmental impact report on a long-debated roadway extension in Orcutt has been released for comment, approximately two weeks before a public forum is scheduled on the Union Valley Parkway project.

As we've written in recent columns, we are finding there's a whole new generation of winemakers making amazing wine in the global market.

The Gap Fire, which burned thousands of acres in the hills and mountains above Goleta this month, was declared 100 percent contained Monday.

The investigation into the death of a man found dead Sunday morning in Central Plaza Park on North Broadway has been put on hold pending the determination of a cause of death by the Santa Barbara County ...

Drivers may have noticed a small ease in prices at the pump recently. Nationally... gas has dropped below the four dollar mark for the first time in months.

The people trying to recall the entire school board in the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District have missed their chance to qualify the item for the November ballot, according to the Santa Barbara ...

The Gap Fire, which burned thousands of acres in the hills and mountains above Goleta this month, was declared 100 percent contained Monday.

The Gap Fire, which burned thousands of acres in the hills and mountains above Goleta this month, was declared 100 percent contained Monday.

A Santa Maria man convicted of trying to kill three local police officers was sentenced today to 12 years and four months in state prison.