Santa Barbara News

I'm sitting on the Mission steps chatting with Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw as we look down on the beginnings of their feature chalk art painting for this year's I Madonnai Festival.

Join the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce from 5 to 8 p.m. next Wednesday, May 29 in Warren Hall at the Earl Warren Showgrounds to "Discover Santa Barbara" at the 20th annual Business Expo.

NoozWeek's Top 5 includes an alleged DUI crash involving a 3-year-old, a snarled morning commute, dough boys and Ted Karsai OK, so the top story on Noozhawk this week was my column about my column last week about the top story on Noozhawk two weeks ago .

About 350 degrees were conferred during Whitman College's commencement ceremony last Sunday in front of an estimated crowd of 4,000 family members, faculty, staff and guests.

The 'AVOID the 12' DUI Task Force is deploying officers this holiday weekend at a DUI / Driver's License Checkpoint and DUI Saturation Patrols countywide to arrest impaired drivers and to keep the public aware of the dangers of driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs.

And they're off! The Amgen Tour of California, aka "America's Greatest Race," blasted through downtown Ojai on Wednesday, May 15.

The Business Times is pleased to announce our 2013 class of Champions in Health Care award winners.

General Aviation was alive and well May 18 as 60 teenagers took the controls of an airplane for the first time at the Santa Ynez Airport, courtesy of the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez chapters of the Experimental Aircraft Association .

Pacific Western Bank , a leading California-based community bank specializing in commercial banking solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses, this week opened a new full-service branch in downtown Santa Barbara, at 30 E. Figueroa St.

If you are thinking about remodeling your existing home, buying a home to remodel or building from scratch, this is the workshop for you! Join Allen Associates Construction at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 for one in its ongoing series of informational workshops, "How to Survive Your Next Building Project." As the leading green builder in the Santa ... (more)

On Sunday , May 26th of Memorial Day weekend, Veterans for Peace of Santa Barbara will be setting up Arlington West at the foot of Stearns Wharf .

Carlos Israel Xitumul-Pineda, age 36, of Santa Barbara, was arrested for the following felonies: intercourse or sodomy with a child age 10 years or younger by a person 18 years of age or older; sodomy against a victim's will by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear to a victim under 14 years of age; and committing a lewd act upon a child under ... (more)

Construction materials at Valle Verde senior living community are a sure sign of progress being made.

Headed by Prof. RenA© Weber , researchers from the Department of Communication have founded the Media Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Communication at University of California, Santa Barbara.

But who? This was senior reference librarian Jace Thompson's quandary. A few days later, Thomson was eating his regular lunch with Schott-friend, former ) English professor, and well-known Santa Barbara novelist-when, over sandwiches, Schott informed Thompson that his longtime stint reading at Recording for the Blind ended when they shut down their ... (more)

This evening, architect Anthony Grumbine of Harrison Design Associates led a diverting tour through Downtown Santa Barbara, exploring the Spanish style architecture that paints our beautiful city.

Franciscan friars, from left, Angelo Cardinalli, Father Charles Talley, Brother Eric Pilarcik and Father Richard McManus stand in front of the commemorative portrait banner honoring the Father Virgil Cordano.

Trading a home on the East Coast for one on the West, Chef Joe Hafner admits he's still exploring Santa Barbara's hidden culinary gems since moving to the city eight months ago.

The artistry of 27 Santa Barbara County ballet students, ages 12-19, and two alumnae Guest Artists was celebrated at the twelfth Ballet Competition of Santa Barbara held March 23rd, 2013 at the Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara.

Why do writers for newspaper travel sections rave about every view they see, every hotel they stay in, and every experience they have, whereas theater critics would be hooted off the stage for being so uncritical? Daniel Okrent, former New York Times public editor, asked this question but never got a chance to answer it.