Patsy Dorsey

It’s invisible in some places, but dirty air kills millions of people all over the world. That’s even true in America, despite the Clean Air Act and California’s Air Resources Board.

The trees at the Ellwood Mesa preserve have been dying off, and the California Monarchs are following suit.

William Finnegan talks surfing, writing, and growing up.

The public weighs in on fracking California’s public lands. Gun shows will continue at Ventura County Fairgrounds. Trash collection rates rise in Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara homeless will received more wrap-around services, but may also face tougher rules on city park behavior.

Rock musician Cody Marks and her band have been playing at California prisons for more than a decade as part of the nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors, which offers music workshops as a form…

Plains All American and DCOR face court decisions for business in the Santa Barbara Channel. A new program at UCSB hopes to encourage more students to study the humanities.

Summer is here, t he days are long, the sun is starting to peek out after months of grey skies, and you might be starting to think about dining al fresco.

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