When Santa Barbara author Max Talley was looking for California locales to be featured in his ’60s-set thriller “Peace, Love ...

This five-day California road trip from Los Angeles to Monterey stops in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Big Sur, and Carmel-by-the-Sea, passing some of the best wineries, restaurants, and views in ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro will receive Hammond Cinema Vanguard Award at 2026 Santa Barbara Film ...

Santa Barbara County’s Montecito Hot Springs are highly popular but navigating parking and following the trail can be tricky.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Sea Center invites the community to celebrate Underwater Parks Day with a free, family event, 10 ...

Michael 'Mike' Glassow Michael “Mike” Glassow, a pioneering and transformative archaeologist, succumbed at age 85 to bladder cancer on Dec. 17, 2025. Born ...

Courtesy Underwater Parks Day celebrating marine protected areas (MPAs) will take place Saturday, January 17, 2026.  From ...

Lining up a day to paddle across the channel has always been about patience. It’s all predicated by the weather, especially ...

Each year, thousands of the gray whales make an annual migration past Ventura, heading south from Arctic waters to the ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Santa Barbara Island at 1:04 a.m. on November 2, 2025, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake occurred 5 kilometers south-southwest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, held in Abu Dhabi from ...

Some 12 miles off the California coast near Ventura, the rugged volcanic ridges that form the spine of Anacapa Island, or more precisely its three closely connected islets, thrust upward from the ...