City of Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is officially underway bringing filmmakers, celebrities and movie fans to the Central Coast.

Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed a woman in Santa Barbara's Eastside Wednesday morning, while in the process of detaining a woman near Carpinteria and Salinas Streets.

In a 4-3 vote Santa Barbara City Council approved two tenant protection ordinances Tuesday night—a temporary rent freeze and changes to its eviction protections.

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.