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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Raw Garden is doubling down on its California roots and community connections with a massive 4/20 activation across the state. Here’s a look at what’s happening: A limited-time promotional offer on ...

ALBANY — State Sen. Dan Stec has won the support of New York’s Conservative Party in his bid to succeed U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, an outcome that is expected to give him a lot of momentum in ...

A popular, unsanctioned spring break party known as “Deltopia” near UC Santa Barbara ended in hundreds of citations and over twice the number of arrests from last year.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said, for context, that there were 256 citations and 32 arrests in 2024, and 151 citations and 23 arrests in 2023. This year’s Deltopia event kicked ...