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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Teenagers and adults, alike, can only remain hopeful that a vaccine will soon be available, because I honestly don’t see us returning to norma…
A dramatic increase in the number of families in need has led the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County to call for 1,000 more donated turkeys than…
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department confirmed an additional 33 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, for a total of 9,919 cases including …
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