With the UC Santa Barbara academic year about to end, the family of freshman Liz Hamel has gone public with a new plea to help solve the mystery behind their daughter’s death. In a statement ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) has announced its 2025-26 program lineup that features more than 50 events including seven evenings of newly co-commissioned works that represent A&L’s contribution to ...

[UPDATE June 16, 2025: Announced at the June 13 ceremony, the winner of the 2025 Mortar Board Award, which recognizes the student who earned the highest cumulative GPA of the graduating class, is Ron ...

And by stars we mean the thousands of new UC Santa Barbara graduates who crossed the commencement stage, capping off another academic year. But also: alum-turned-astronaut José Hernández, who spoke at ...

UCSB Public Affairs spokesperson Kiki Reyes said she could not comment on the matter, saying that she’s been asked to refer questions to the UC President’s Office. Likewise, calls placed with Vice ...

Santa Barbara lies along an east to west coastline which creates a "coastal bowl" that traps warm air and fog. We can also thank the mountains and marine layer for blocking inland heat and cold ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A historical Filipino exhibit in Santa Barbara is wrapping up on Sunday. The exhibit, Manongs on the Central Coast: Forming ...

The exhibit, “Manongs on the Central Coast: Forming Communities Across Generations,” marks the first major historical display in Santa Barbara County centered on Filipino American immigration.

A broad coalition of Santa Barbara nonprofits, museums, libraries, associations, and businesses are uniting to celebrate the centennial of the June 29, 1925, earthquake under the banner of EQ25: A ...

Katie Couric recalled Barbara Walters once took a major dig at her appearance in the new documentary, "Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything." ...

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the ...

Hurricane Barbara, the first of the 2025 season, is just off Mexico’s coast with 75 mph winds. It may strengthen briefly before weakening Tuesday. Tropical Storm Cosme is also gaining ...