6+ min ago  (249+ words) Staples is shuttering its doors in Goleta—the superstore’s only location in Santa Barbara County—in late August, sources told the News-Press. Staples is located at 7015 Market Place Drive in the Camino Real Marketplace. The office supplies and stationary store…...

52+ min ago  (453+ words) The lawsuit against Santa Barbara’s rent freeze is dead. A federal judge on Monday ruled the rent freeze was not “unconstitutional,” giving Santa Barbara renters a win in the city’s ongoing battle over the lawsuit brought by property owners. John…...

9+ hour ago  (832+ words) Homelessness among 18- to 24-year-old members of Generation Z rose more than 7% from 2023 to 2025 in Santa Barbara County—increasing from 426 to 457 individuals—the biggest jump among any subgroup. And while homelessness overall fell 9% in that same time period, dropping from 4,990 individuals…...

18+ hour, 34+ min ago  (628+ words) Hannah Martinez has commuted from Santa Maria to UC Santa Barbara for sports camp every summer for the past 15 years Martinez, who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has attended the Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp run out…...

19+ hour, 5+ min ago  (457+ words) As Santa Barbara County residents endure another high fire season, a new, AI-powered space technology could transform the way fire departments fight the blazes. Three wildfire detection satellites launched into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force last Tuesday, which use AI…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1860+ words) If you lived in Santa Barbara 20 years ago, you know the story of how the Santa Barbara News-Press, a Pulitzer-Prize winning paper, was brought down by a billionaire owner after a years-long battle with her newsroom. You may recall the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (873+ words) Devon Wardlow, a housing advocate who wants to keep downtown State Street closed to vehicles, said she is running for City Council in District 4 to “protect” Santa Barbara. “I believe I have the public policy experience and real deep knowledge…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (914+ words) The Carpinteria Salt Marsh — a portion of the remaining coastal wetlands in Santa Barbara County — has become a legal battleground over a proposed house at 501 Sand Point Road. The house, elevated above an environmentally sensitive habitat area (ESHA) has been…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (713+ words) Women are nearly twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but scientists haven’t locked down what drives that disparity. New research at UC San Diego seeks to help doctors understand why. “There’s a big open question mark around…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (636+ words) Community members marched through Carpinteria streets on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the immigration raids at Glass House Farms cannabis facilities. “What we are seeing today is going to be written in the books of U.S. history,” said…...