La Casa de la Raza, located at the corner of Calle Cesar Chavez and East Montecito Street in Santa Barbara, was founded in the 1970s. It once served as a key community hub, offering housing assistance ...

A Santa Barbara County judge has accepted a severe public censure and will step down from the bench later this year after reaching an agreement with the state's judicial discipline agency.

A father and son in Santa Barbara County were arrested this week on suspicion of committing lewd acts against a child, authorities said Wednesday. Mark Pearse, 64, and his son Allen Pearse, 34 ...

Jennifer Sanchez speaks to a volunteer at La Casa de ... arrest comes as Santa Barbara County residents have reported an increase in ICE activity. In January, the group 805 UndocuFund reported ...

Caught between the vitriol of firefighters, legal action by American Medical Response and its responsibility to serve the citizens of Santa Barbara County, the Board of Supervisors Tuesday ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Wildfires are still ... happen under the right conditions in L.A. "They’re getting a handle on the ...

and music activities for all evacuated children from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Families can RSVP at 805.969.2678 to secure a spot. While there are no active wildfires in Santa Barbara County ...

Assistance with the evacuation of large animals is available from Santa Barbara County Animal Services, by calling (805) 698-0212 or signing up online. Shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, the Santa ...

Scott Safechuck, public information officer for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, told SFGATE over the phone. But evacuation warnings have remained the same as the fire has grown ...

To read more on the latest firefighting efforts, see our new story here: Hill Fire scorches 1,300 acres in Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara County has issued an evacuation warning for residents ...

“Reports of flooded roads throughout Santa Barbara County are coming in,” the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management said on Facebook just after 10 a.m. “Stay off the roads and ...

SANTA BARBARA — Michael Montenegro stands next ... a champion of Chicano rights who was killed by an L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the ...