Tour of marine protected areas shows flourishing diversity; talk with fishermen shows opposition to additions.

Longtime Carpinteria resident Chuck Graham grabs a photo of himself. (Church Graham) The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) ...

The city of Santa Barbara has announced the completion of the Cabrillo-Los Patos Roundabout (at East Cabrillo Boulevard and Los Patos Way), a joint ...

Adopting new digital systems to help oceangoing container ships get in line to offload their cargo at busy ports appears to ...

Alexis Giorgio Cottavoz-Usher – a former professional surfer, shortboard revolution pioneer, and filmmaker – has died from ...

In addition to spotting wildlife, visitors come to these islands to savor the great outdoors with plentiful hiking trails, year-round camping and activities like kayaking, snorkeling, fishing and ...

This transformative moment was the annual Ceremony of Grants hosted by the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara. On May 20, 11 nonprofits serving the most vulnerable in Santa Barbara County were awarded a ...

Residents of the southern Channel Islands of Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina, and San Clemente have been linked to the Gabrieleño, indigenous peoples recruited by Spanish missionaries to labor at ...

Watching new Bobby Martinez footage is like finding a tub of ice cream back in the freezer. No matter how long it's been ...

Todd Bigelow "I got to tramp the ravines in the company of the biologists and trap and release the now-thriving foxes," Boyle says of a Channel Islands visit. Pictured is Santa Barbara Island.

Santa Barbara, speaking aboard a dive boat heading to the Channel Islands. “It’s important to protect that biological heritage, but it also creates an extremely lucrative tourism industry.