Laws preventing the sleeping, sitting, or lying on public property have been ruled "cruel and unusual punishment" in the event that an area does not have sufficient shelter for its homeless population. KCSB's Maggie Drelichman reports.

While the Central Coast’s Latino population grows, new data shows that Santa Barbara’s is shrinking. KCSB's Elena Hancock reports.

An unusual art project is slowly taking shape in Santa Barbara: The Timeline Mosaic Project, which will compress 150 million years of local history and geology into a series of mosaic panels, covering 50 yards of wall. KCSB's Harry Lawton has the story.

Goleta Beach reopened earlier this month. Jenny Boyar has the story.

Local non profit leaders from the Tri County area recently came together to share ideas and concerns about the future of their organizations. KCSB’s Harry Lawton spoke with the facilitator of the daylong event, Marybeth Carty, to find out more about the process and big takeaway ideas.

KCSB's Anita Carraher covered the Holiday fire from this past weekend: who was affected, and how? We look at how Santa Barbara County responded.

The historic Cojo-Jalama ranch is, by any terms, an expansive property. The twenty-four thousand acre property encompasses infamous Point Conception, beaches coveted by local surfers, important archaeological sites,and lots of endangered habitat. But locals fear that it could be home to developm [...]

Firefighters from across the state continue their battle against The Thomas Fire. Unhealthy air quality, along with intermittent power outages prompted UC Santa Barbara officials to postpone final exams, which were supposed to take place this week. Instead - the many services on campus are close [...]

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to move forward on an expensive and controversial plan to modernize the Taigas Landfill on the Gaviota Coast. To find out more, KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with Mark Schleich, deputy director of the Santa Barbara County Resource Recovery & W [...]

KCSB News covers the candidates vying to be Santa Barbara’s next Mayor. Meet Cathy Murillo.