Alta News

Negro Hill, California, a journey towards a greater measure of freedom highlights the wealthiest part of the Gold Mining District and the contributions from people of African descent to the Great State of California.

Sightings of ghostly "spirit soldiers" haunting La Purisima Mission State Historic Park are as legendary in Lompoc as the flower fields and great surf at Jalama Beach.

Moises Solis retired Dec. 31 from La Purisima Mission State Historic Park after 35 years, leaving his mark as a rich and permanent part of history in the nearly 2,000-acre park.

On the dawn of the winter solstice, the sun rises in the east above the mountains of Montecito, casts hues of golden pink on the crags of La Cumbre Peak, and sparkles across the swells of the Santa Barbara Channel.

Emergency personnel load the stretcher with the injured motorcyclist aboard an air ambulance following a crash on?Bell?Road at Quartz Drive Saturday afternoon.