City of Santa Barbara

A powerful storm system continues to affect the Central Coast bringing heavy rain, localized flooding and travel disruptions during the busy holiday week. One of the biggest impacts was at the Santa Barbara Airport, where persistent rainfall caused significant flooding on the airfield and operations were mandated to temporarily shut down.

Santa Barbara is taking its next steps toward redeveloping the Paseo Nuevo shopping center—a project city leaders say could reshape downtown’s future. The city council voted Tuesday night to move the deal forward, but not without laying out strict conditions for the developer.

An international disaster relief agency based in Santa Barbara is responding to Hurricane Melissa—one of the strongest storms recorded in the Atlantic.

Santa Barbara took another step towards addressing the city’s housing crisis at this week’s city council meeting.

California lawmakers are pressing federal regulators for answers about an offshore oil field off the Santa Barbara Coast. Federal agencies say oil production has resumed, but state regulators and environmental groups dispute that claim, warning it can’t legally operate without approval from state agencies.

A longtime Santa Barbara fisherman has lost his commercial license after years of breaking lobster fishing rules.

Some Santa Barbara residents lost their battle to stop a 90-unit housing project in the lower eastside of the city.Several residents showed up to the City Council meeting on Tuesday to ask council members to stop the housing project, which is near the corner of Gutierrez and Milpas streets.

A trial at the end of the month will determine whether a group of longtime Santa Barbara tenants must vacate their homes due to renovations planned by the property owner. This is the first time a new Santa Barbara city ordinance governing renovation eviction procedures will be tested in the Santa Barbara County Superior Court.

Protests are continuing in Los Angeles in response to immigration enforcement operation and community leaders along the Central Coast are paying attention. Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse talks about how local families can prepare.

A longtime nonprofit serving the Latino and immigrant communities on California’s Central Coast is fighting to reclaim its historic headquarters. The group lost its building in 2021 after filing for bankruptcy.