Firefighters in Santa Barbara County assisted Animal Control to free a horned owl that was stuck in the grille of a car over the weekend.

It has been three years since the Santa Barbara Foresters won their NBC record 10th World Series title. That’s too long a drought for longtime manager Bill Pintard. “I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t focused,” Pintard told Noozhawk before the ...

A criminal investigation was underway in Santa Barbara Friday after a high school student was found with a weapon on campus, Santa Barbara police said. A staff member at Santa Barbara High School spotted the armed student and reported it to authorities.

ZOO STAFFERS... are making time for Ruby and Raj to get acquainted in an unhurried way, and Ruby is still getting familiar with her new digs, so cubs may not come along soon. Still, hope for the future remains high at the animal park, for "(t)hese ...

Zach James, pictured from an earlier game, handled all seven innings for the Foresters in Friday's mercy-rule victory. James struck out five batters and allowed one run en route to the complete-game win. (Lily Chubb / Noozhawk Photo) The Santa Barbara ...

Marcus Hall scored a season-high 25 points as Green Bay hit 52.4% from three-point range to earn a 67–64 victory over UC Santa Barbara Wednesday night at the Kress Center.

SANTA BARBARA ZOO... is known for being a bit on the whimsical side — Monty the penguin starred in his own adorable children's book a few years back — so the fact that the location moves into full shimmer for the holidays,

REVEALING AN "ECOLOGICAL STORY": The zoo shares that while the animals featured in Tropical Wonders were chosen for their "uniqueness and beauty," they also are part of the larger "ecological story," a tail, er, tale that sheds light the bigger picture of ...