As California’s public universities implemented groundbreaking legislation requiring access to medication abortions on campus ...

Long before the Martha Stewarts and Ina Gartens, Black women laid the groundwork for the traditions, techniques, and recipes celebrated now.

Moisture sweeping down the coast will drench much of California, including areas that burned severely just a month ago.

In one of the largest deals to protect open space in the Bay Area over the past decade, an environmental group is purchasing ...

A pair of winter storms will bear down on California starting Wednesday and last through Friday. The latter storm will be particularly powerful, and unlike previous storms, this system will focus its ...

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To mitigate some of these incidents, President Michael Drake instructed each UC campus to prepare a comprehensive ...

A 2019 state law widened districts’ liability for past sexual assaults. A report found that, so far, it spurred $2 billion to ...

We need these facilities,” said Assemblywoman Dawn Addis, a Democrat from Morro Bay, where voters in November rejected an ...

The stars aligned under the roof of the Arlington Theater Friday night as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival ...

In an engaging panel discussion during the 2025 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), celebrated animation ...