Ken Ralph

A year ago, the Thomas Fire swallowed large swaths of Ventura County and lept into Santa Barbara’s front country, setting the stage for the late-night debris flow that took 23 lives.

Debris nets go up in the slide zones of Carpinteria and Montecito in an effort to save money and reduce mudslide risks.

A local environmentalist says we should spend more time and money preparing for natural disasters than responding to them.

Santa Barbara pastry chef Sandra Adu Zelli will debut her new bakery business, Gipsy Hill Bakery at the Santa Barbara Night Market, a holiday pop-up inside the old Macy's building in…

A big, white statue of a cow sits on top of a building along Milpas Street on Santa Barbara’s Eastside, where the local ice cream business McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams started.

A year after the Thomas Fire began, a new book out of Ojai tells stories of the community’s destruction and regrowth.

Here's a staggering statistic.   Over 90% of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported from other countries. Even along the Central Coast, it can be tough to find a local catch.

People throw around the term “farm-to-table” when talking about cooking with locally grown produce.

In many ways, growing agave in Santa Barbara makes a lot of sense.