The Santa Barbara City Council has passed a set of sweeping new design standards intended to bring developers more certainty ...

Places like Campbell and Menlo Park in the Bay Area suburbs are experiencing soaring rent prices — both by year and month.

Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ H. Edwards Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ H. Edwards was born on Dec. 21, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to Elizabeth Sifers and George Phillips ...

Under the new ordinance, the equipment must be located as close as feasible to shared property lines between adjacent lots, ...

Part-time Carpinterian and author Ann Shepphird will meet her readers and sign copies of her latest book “The Italy Affair,” ...

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State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases ...

The County Parks Division will host a special virtual environmental scoping meeting for the public to learn more about the ...

San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties have issued public health advisories warning residents to stay out of the ocean ...

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State's men's tennis captain, Isaac Becroft , rose 51 spots in the first ITA rankings of the spring ...

Many classic rock groups still tour, even though they’re getting long in the tooth and have lost their edge. Not Hot Tuna.

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