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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy provides an update Friday into the investigation of the ...

On February 25, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will vote on raising their own salaries 48.8%, from $115,000 to $171,000 annually - a $56,000 increase.

Santa Barbara County’s new American Medical Response contract raises ambulance rates 35% compared with last year, reportedly ...

A proposal is on the table to increase the salaries of members of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors by $56,000 to about $171,000 annually. The ...

In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new service agreement between ambulance provider AMR and the county despite major pushback from firefighters.

In Washington, federal lawmakers have made moves to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). In Santa Barbara ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday reluctantly approved a four-year exclusive contract for ambulance ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flood advisory at 9:34 a.m. on Thursday in effect until 8 p.m. for Santa Barbara County.

Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have split, reports said Thursday, capping two weeks of controversy for the rapper ...

90 minutes or so to the south of Santa Barbara, begins to recover from devastating wildfires that destroyed large areas of the county. “It gives you a sense of togetherness, a sense of community ...

Metrolink’s proposed morning commuter train schedule between Moorpark and Goleta is seen in this presentation of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments. Currently, Metrolink travels ...