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PEOPLE Top 5 are the most-viewed stories on the site over the past three days, updated every 60 minutes With her dress ready to go , Drew Barrymore kicked off her wedding weekend Friday in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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Edited by Westmont College professor David Newton, "Crisis Of Confidence: How Federal Taxes, Deficits, Debts and Entitlements Threaten the American Private Sector," the latest book in the "Private Enterprise and the Economy" series, will be released June 5 at a networking event in Santa Barbara.

The American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the second member of the induction class of 2012.

Though they allegedly acted together in a viscous stabbing at a house party on Friday, April 13, suspects Sean Crane and Michael Hardy now aren't allowed in the same courtroom at the same time.

Most children look forward to summer break, but for some, it isn't the easiest time.

This Aug. 13, 1994 photo shows Robert Van Handel walking into a courtroom in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Volunteers serve complimentary lunch and dessert to cancer survivors and their families at last year's Viva la Vida event.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has publicly acknowledged for the first time that she told officials at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania that she had Native American heritage.

The American Humane Association estimates that four million cats and kittens end up in animal shelters every year.

Still in high school, the highly touted 18-year-old southpaw pitcher was invited to Dodger Stadium , Cushman told me last year as I admired the artwork in his Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce office in downtown Santa Barbara.

Merchants in downtown Santa Barbara on Thursday heard police officials share what they're doing to address panhandling, homelessness and other hot-button issues that pop up throughout the State Street corridor.

California Senate District 19 candidates Hannah-Beth Jackson, Mike Stoker and Jason Hodge prepare to participate in a debate about California's business economy at Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara on Thursday evening.

While many Santa Barbarans sparked up the barbecue grill over the long Memorial Day weekend signifying the unofficial beginning of summer, many military families once again had to deal with an empty spot at the picnic table because of a loved one serving overseas.

The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara is proud to announce the appointment of Aaron Dowd to its Board of Directors.

Edwards had been charged with six counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions - some which exceeded campaign finance limits - conspiracy and falsifying a financial disclosure report.

A love for wine and dogs can co-exist. People take their pets everywhere these days--dining and drinking out, no exception.

As students face rising tuition costs at state and private colleges, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara during a ceremony last week doled out $7.35 million in awards to hundreds of youth, helping them access a higher education that would otherwise have been out of reach.

One of the best views of Santa Barbara can be seen from the balcony of the McKinley Elementary School library.

Work to fix Atascadero’s historic City Administration Building has reached its halfway point as engineers wrap up the structural reinforcement phase of the project.