The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental legislation that dates back to the Nixon era, including key protections for clean air and water.

Hong Kong (CNN) — As the world rushed to pay tribute to Pope Francis following his death, the response has been comparatively muted in China – an officially atheist state with millions of Catholics ...

(CNN) — GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida faced frequent shouting from the crowd at a contentious town hall on Monday with a ...

Drag queen Coco D Baucherry opened the night yelling into a microphone, “What’s up bitch!” on April 12. “Fuck you bitch!” the ...

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Santa Barbara, CA – Get ready for a weekend of Gaucho pride! The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) is excited to announce the Downtown Kick-Off Block Party for the All Gaucho ...

The theme for this Earth Day, on April 22, is “Our Power, Our Planet,” with the goal of tripling the use of clean energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, ...

A proposed development in Santa Barbara has divided some in the Central Coast city for years over which is more valuable: maintaining one of the few remaining enclaves of affordability for artists and ...

The San Luis Obispo Police Department and Cal Poly together spent at least $495,000 to respond to St. Fratty’s Day revelry.

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is coming to downtown Santa Barbara, Noozhawk has learned. The iconic shop, with stores in San ...

From educating future environmental scientists to building rainwater catchment systems in Rwanda, these student-led ...

UC Santa Barbara professor Christopher Sebastian Parker has received a 2025 Carnegie Fellowship to support his research on ...