Santa Barbara County officials on Tuesday celebrated the completion of a project that will prevent 84 million gallons of water from being pumped every year from the Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Basin.

A $1.41 billion budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year was approved Tuesday by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors after a last-minute a…

An urgency ordinance that will allow Santa Barbara County to again issue permits to drill water wells was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, despite one supervisor’s concerns about how it will affect Cuyama Valley.

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors quietly ended the policy of regularly testing unvaccinated employees Tuesday, with only one supervisor objecting to the change.

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors wants to increase the availability of childcare for children from birth to age 3 but also to provide some kind of assistance for families struggling with the high cost of care.

Measure A distributions in the 2022-23 fiscal year are expected to total $9.1 million, of which $4.3 million is earmarked for northern Santa B…

A homestay operation on a large agricultural property in Santa Ynez was approved Tuesday by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors when they upheld the applicant’s appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision to deny the project.

Citizens entering Santa Barbara County administration buildings a few months from now will be subject to screening by metal detectors and X-ra…

A consultant said the Santa Barbara County Fire Department should expand its collection of data to better schedule personnel, allocate resourc…