The long-range numerical models, the oracles of long-range weather forecasting, have been advertising the return of monsoonal moisture to the …
In 1972, Don McLean released a guitar ballad that flowed like a river called "Vincent," which could be heard across the radio dial that summer…
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know much of anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” — Michael Crichton.
When I first heard reports of the devastating derecho (pronounced de-RAY-cho) storms that battered a swath of the central and southern United …
Over the decades, I’ve heard plenty of rumors and stories about thought-provoking rarely seen natural phenomena.
A series of storms is expected to produce periods of rain in the Santa Ynez Valley, starting Thursday and continuing through Monday.
I don’t know of any place where one can have so much fun with a bag of frozen peas than Santa Catalina Island. Last week, my family and I took…
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Shoppers walk through the rain at Vons on North H Street in Lompoc Monday morning.//Len Wood/Staff 12/7/09 photo
A problem with a steering system led to at least a 24- hour delay for Friday's Delta 2 rocket launch attempt with a NASA satellite on board, officials said today.
waiting in Santa Barbara this weekend: a nighttime boat parade, holiday “revels,” dueling “Nutcrackers” and much more!
Santa and Mrs. Claus will visit the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum at today’s annual holiday party. //Contributed