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George Carlin once suggested that the concept of the American Dream is a tool used by “the owners” to keep people placid and ...

A faceless Statue of Liberty with flowing, black hair dons a colorful array of Indigenous tattoos. The white “Be Human” book ...

A nice rest in a state mental hospital beats a stretch in the pen, right? Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson in his memorable ...

• On June 30, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) introduced the Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act—legislation to prevent people who are in crisis ...

LAMB LOVE: At last year’s Santa Barbara County Fair, local student Madeline Hageman (pictured here with her lamb) was among the youth livestock auction’s participants whose animal was bought by the ...

In mid-August, the newly built Guadalupe Junior High School’s doors will open for the first time to incoming seventh and eighth graders. The school on Arroyo Seco Road is near the Pasadera housing ...

READING THE ROOMS: The Buellton City Council recently discussed potential restrictions on rental uses for the Buellton Library’s lawn space and community rooms. The new library opened to the public in ...

CAUSE FOR CONCERN: Juan Lara, 54, was found dead in his cell at the Northern Branch Jail in June, making him the second person to die in a Santa Barbara County jail this year.

It is all too clear that California’s communities and environment are not immune to the Trump administration—and that state and local leaders’ pushback is powerful ...

COME ON IN: The South Side Coffee Company’s storefront is divided in half: Jasmine Gonzalez’s all-white “There’s nothing to do in Lompoc” window display contrasts with the rainbow exhibit across from ...