The bells of Old Mission Santa Barbara rang out Sunday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 earthquake that ...

Santa Barbara, CA, May 20, 2025 – At 6:44 am on June 29, 1925, a powerful earthquake devastated Santa Barbara, taking the lives of eleven people and destroying or damaging much of downtown.It was a ...

UC Santa Barbara’s ROTC Color Guard presents the flags during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on Monday. Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo Capt. J. Charles Plumb, in ...

Of course, all of these things did happen in Santa Barbara, at 6:42 a.m. on June 29, 1925, when a massive earthquake rattled the region, killing 11 people and decimating the city’s commercial core.

Relief efforts are underway in Southeast Asia following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, and among those helping is a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit.

Friday 1) 3 p.m. Sweet stroll. Start your visit in the city of Santa Barbara with a cone at Rori’s, a decadent ice creamery in the Santa Barbara Public Market, which serves organic ice cream in ...