A federal judge has ruled that the Department of the Interior can’t pause a lawsuit over several offshore oil and gas lease ...

The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions ...

Escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe are being closely watched in California’s already struggling iconic ...

Jim Hines has spent decades advocating for the environment on behalf of the Sierra Club, but he’s never before seen one of ...

Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest ...

The County Fire Department has released its new wildfire protection plan for Santa Barbara foothill areas to identify ...

The historic Western Flyer is docked in Santa Barbara for tours. It was used in the 1040's for a John Steinbeck ecological ...

New palm trees have gone in to fill in the historic median on State Street at Los Olivos St. The Jelly Palms are in an area with trees as old as 1924.

For the fourth time in four years, a domoic acid event is devastating marine mammals across the Central Coast.

Sheriff A.J. 'Tony' Smith hosted a two-hour boat ride to explain why North Florida is no place for oil drilling.

A Bureau of Land Management proposal to lease more than 10,000 acres northwest of Meeker for oil and gas development ...