SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – March 6, 2026 – This Saturday, March 7, 2026, the Santa Barbara community is invited to attend the Family Literacy Festival. Embracing the theme “Readers Are Leaders,” the ...

Job seekers who can speak two languages, preferable Spanish, came together for some possible employment opportunities ...

(This story has been updated to include the dead person's age, residence and sex.) Authorities are investigating the death of a person in a car parked on the driveway to the Ronald Reagan Presidential ...

The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation has added Luke Swetland, a museum executive and information management expert, to its Board of Directors. “Swetland’s decades of leadership in institutional ...

Despite the rain, people showed up at the 33rd Annual Presidents Day Celebration on Monday at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley James Rogers, director of Digital Strategy and ...

Join Santa Barbara Chinese School (SBCS) and Santa Barbara Public Library invites community members to a celebration of the Lunar New Year, 1-4 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Michael Towbes Library Plaza and ...

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RAIFORD, Fla. (WCJB) — Florida executed a man on Tuesday for the 1989 murder of a traveling salesman in Gainesville, marking the state’s first execution this year. Hours before, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Jay and Kristen Ruskey — who pioneered California’s coffee-growing movement from their farm in the hills of western Goleta — both died suddenly on Sunday due to what’s being described as a “tragic ...

Ronald Heath is scheduled to be the first person executed in Florida in 2026 for a 1989 murder. The U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court both denied attempts to stay his execution. Heath was ...

Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news ...

Following a record 19 executions in Florida last year, Ronald Heath is scheduled Tuesday to be the first person put to death in 2026, for a 1989 murder in Alachua County. Death Penalty opponents, ...