Luxury events and rental company Bliss Beach has teamed up with the City of Santa Barbara for The Barbara, a European-inspired day club set on the shores of East Beach. By Tim Chan Santa Barbara is ...

No need to bookmark—get it straight to your inbox. Santa Barbara’s grand Hotel Californian has endured for nearly a century—the Spanish Colonial Revival hotel was built in 1925—but a makeover in 2017 ...

Could our modern model of outdoor relaxation — a k a “going to the beach” — be made any more relaxing? A quest to solve that quandary is now in full swing on Santa Barbara’s sandiest stretch of ...

Ever since Middle Age–d Scots started smacking balls with sticks across their grassy lowlands, people have found golf to be an excellent way to commiserate with friends and enjoy the great outdoors ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The biggest Central Coast Fourth of July entertainment show will take place on West Beach with a day-long entertainment event leading up to the colorful Santa Barbara fireworks ...

Avery Drost returns to Santa Barbara's East Beach for the AVP Next-Santa Barbara Open. Drost, a Westmont alum, and partner Diego Perez are the No. 1 seed in the men's division. (Ken Delgado photo) ...

Cora Loomer, shown playing for San Marcos, is the No. 2 seed for the Santa Barbara Women's Open. Her partner is Kara Namimatsu of Redondo Beach. (Noozhawk file photo) Started in the Baby Boomer ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. It’s challenging to find a better year-round destination ...