Police are on the scene of a standoff with a woman armed with a knife outside a vacant business on State Street near Ortega ...

A Santa Barbara woman has been arrested on charges of criminal threats, resisting arrest and possession of a dagger after two hours of negotiations with ...

Woman in Possession of Multiple Knives Taken Into Custody on State Street Update by the Santa Barbara Police Department 4:00 p.m., February 13, 2025 On February 13, 2025, at 10:11 a.m. Santa Barbara ...

What started with about 50 people at the corner of Carpinteria and South Milpas streets in Santa Barbara quickly turned into ...

Santa Barbara Police officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in downtown Santa Barbara. An ...

Santa Barbara's most famous avenue, State Street cuts through downtown for 10 blocks and leads right onto Stearns Wharf. It's nearly impossible to miss with its shops, art galleries, theaters and ...

The Santa Barbara City Council chose beauty and passion over practicality Tuesday, when they upheld an appeal of a decision to change East Anapamu’s official street tree from Italian stone pine to ...

A woman is on the run after robbing a bank in the 900 block of Carpinteria Street and fleeing the area on a bike Tuesday ...

With heavy rain along parts of the Central Coast, the City of Santa Barbara is offering emergency parking for people who live ...

“UC Santa Barbara is extremely proud to be part of the Santa Barbara community and we are tremendously excited about the opportunity to establish a permanent presence on State Street,” said Chancellor ...

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...