A 23-page draft plan from the office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior calls for streamlining permits and opening more federally managed public land to oil ...

They were foraging on a steep, crumbly scree slope in the Sespe Wilderness. Fourteen desert bighorn sheep were browsing on ...

Since the beginning of 2025, Blue Sky Center, in collaboration with Quail Springs, is hosting artists to engage the residents ...

A rapid response from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) and the Los Padres National Forest firefighters ...

Several fire crews helped with a small grass fire near Cuyama that first ignited at 3:07 p.m. Monday, according to the Santa Barbara ...

A nature center just 15 minutes from Ojai will hold an open house and ribbon cutting on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If you feed them, they will come. That's been the thinking for the annual Mac and Cheese Fest, which returns Saturday. Now in its 10th year, the popular event has made a name for itself for providing ...

The student radio team at KCSB-FM 91.9 — which airs a Carpinteria-focused news on brief on Thursdays, produced by Carpinteria ...

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These scientists analyzed native California wildflowers for a recent study and found that both space-based and airborne ...

Joyce Chi and Natalia Rosie Bultman produced 'Cuyama Valley Water Wars.' (Courtesy photo) The news team at KCSB-FM 91.9 in ...