Cliff Maurer is out as Public Works director for the City of Santa Barbara, Noozhawk has learned. His last day will be Wednesday. Maurer was hired in June ...

Nearly a thousand people packed a Santa Barbara town hall at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara over the weekend. Crowds ...

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Santa Barbara High basketball’s Carter Battle and Dos Pueblos water polo’s Dev Wigo led their squads to big wins last week and were named the Santa ...

Angelina Jolie is officially in her social butterfly era, and honestly, it's a refreshing shift. For years, the Oscar-winning ...

Over the last few weeks, we’ve received many questions from community members about the availability of local water sources to ...