With a new year comes a new Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, including a new face. On Tuesday, Santa Barbara County ...

The Santa Barbara Supervisors swearing in ceremony featured two returning supervisors and a new one. Laura Capps is the new ...

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The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors granted the 60-year-old bridge its new landmark status on Tuesday.

Santa Barbara County may need to tighten its belt in a few years, as expenses are expected to outpace incoming revenue. A ...

A special LGBTQ+ resolution was supported to start 2025 for the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. It was brought to the board by Supervisor Laura Capps and Supervisor Roy Lee.

While each candidate failed to garner more than 50% of the vote in the March primary, the 2nd District runoff last month ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will be meeting today, with several topics on its agenda. Most of the meeting will be designated towards the annual Transparent Review of Urgent ...

Santa Barbara County supervisors on Tuesday directed Sheriff Bill Brown to keep them appraised of any "alarming" changes in ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors welcomed a new member, honored returning members, and shuffled seats Monday ...

SANTA CRUZ — It may have taken three ... At its meeting Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors approved the first of two readings of housing rule changes that allow for ministerial — or ...

A plan to resume offshore oil drilling in Santa Barbara, California, has reopened old wounds in a city where a 1969 oil spill ...