Easy, moderate and hard Santa Barbara hikes that offer beautiful views and peaceful escapes: Arroyo Burro Beach Loop, Cold ...

Established in 1980, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and more detached Santa Barbara — and the marine reserves which lie ...

I watched the local effects of the recent tsunami spawned by the 8.8 megaquake off the coast of Russia with a practiced eye and it played out just as I ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Channel Islands YMCA is excited to open the first-ever Transitional Housing Placement Program for former foster youth in Santa Barbara County. The program will house ...

Satellite imagery showed plumes of smoke from California’s largest active wildfire heading south from San Luis Obispo County.

To figure it out, students at UC Santa Barbara teamed up with 20 high school activists from across the country during a retreat to Santa Cruz Island late last month. It was a workshop in climate ...