Santa Barbara County’s redistricting commission met for more than nine hours Saturday before choosing a final map that splits the county into five supervisorial districts using 2020 U.S. Census data.

The Santa Barbara waterfront’s tsunami danger zone takes on a yellow hue. (California Department of Conservation website screenshot) New interactive maps released by the California Geological Survey ...

Nov 14, 2022 Nov 14, 2022 Updated Apr 4, 2023 An interactive map showing areas that could be rezoned to provide housing or higher-density housing has been launched by the Santa Barbara County Planning ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Santa Barbara County officials announced evacuation orders for areas within the Thomas Fire, Alisal Fire and Cave Fire burn scars at a Wednesday afternoon press ...

Jacob is your community news reporter covering the Santa Maria Valley. The County of Santa Barbara is finding new ways to keep community members up to date with the many housing plans in store across ...

Santa Barbara has a reputation as a climate-conscious community, as the birthplace of Earth Day following a devastating oil spill off the coast in 1969. Now the city leadership has set its goals on ...

Members of the Santa Barbara County Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission unanimously voted Monday to formally adopt a revised map of new supervisorial districts they initially chose over a ...

Update: A more recent article about the Lake Fire can be found here. The evacuation zone for the Lake Fire, burning in a rugged area of Santa Barbara County, has been expanded for five straight days ...