Short-term rental owners are responsible for permits and collecting and remitting transient occupancy taxes The County of ...

One Southern California town is home to a charming local beach with hidden tide pools perfect for cooling off and spotting ...

Federal funding for Tahoe/Truckee environmental work is in limbo, stalling critical conservation work just as wildfire season ...

One more hint for would-be sleeper passengers: If you want to be closer to toilets and showers (yes, you can take them on ...

The beauty chain moved from its previous location near the former Nordstrom building in the Paseo Nuevo Mall to 733 State ...

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The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

Deltopia, an unsanctioned street festival in Isla Vista, typically occurs on the first weekend after UCSB spring break, which ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from ... With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how ...

These are the rules American game streamer Ludwig Ahgren and his YouTuber buddy Michael Reeves have imposed on themselves as they embark on a journey to traverse Japan on motorbikes. The friends ...

In the hours before he died, 9-year-old Gabriel Andrews woke up before dawn Friday to catch his school bus on the last day ...

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