This time last year, I started telling friends and acquaintances that my husband and I were moving from Seattle to Santa Barbara with our young kids. A lot of them asked, “Why would you move to ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) Clean Air Express is expanding its offerings with the Midday Connector, providing more frequent and convenient transportation options ...

Every big city has its popular road trip destinations, and Los Angeles is blessed to have Santa Barbara, an hour and 40 minutes driving from Downtown and just under three hours aboard Amtrak.

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Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.

Jack Ruby was the sort of Jew who brings a puppy to the rabbi’s house and insists he adopt it. This is not a metaphor. This was Dallas in the early 1960s, and Ruby — born Jacob Leon Rubenstein ...

Though separated by 47 years in their Grand Ole Opry inductions, Country Music Hall of Famer Barbara Mandrell and award-winning country performer Kelsea Ballerini were unified on the Ryman ...

Robert Davis, 61, has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1989 disappearance of Barbara Lenz. Davis was Lenz's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and had a history of violence ...

Barbara Mandrell is a Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member who retired from music in 1997. Mandrell is known for her crossover appeal, blending country with pop and soul influences.

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty; Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Brooke Shields once walked in on first lady Barbara Bush in her dressing gown, and she may never recover. The 59-year-old co ...