Another satisfying Monday Madness show ended on the elegant note of Thad Jones’s “Once Around,” followed by a mad run through ...

Five years ago, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Santa Barbara closed a portion of State Street to ...

Beware: If you are a car shuffler, it may be the end of the road. The City of Santa Barbara wants to stop people from moving ...

Ranked choice — in which candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their supporters’ backup picks get a boost — was critical to the 2022 mayoral contest. Taylor narrowly lost to Sheng Thao, ...

Santa Barbara City Councilmember Eric Friedman has been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery ...

One week after suffering a heart attack, friends of Santa Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman announced an update regarding ...

Local journalism is the lifeblood of Santa Barbara County’s civic health, which is why we’ve launched our 2025 spring fundraising campaign, “The Voice You ...

Santa Barbara City Councilmember Eric Friedman is in “good spirits” and exhibiting positive signs of recovery after suffering ...

A statement sent by a friend of Eric Friedman on behalf of his family states the 47-year-old suffered a heart attack while paddling off the Santa Barbara coast on Saturday.

The City Council and Ordinance Committee will be rescheduled. The City Council and Ordinance Committee are cancelled and will ...

Santa Barbara City Councilmember Eric Friedman is reportedly stable and recovering well after sustaining a heart attack Saturday while paddleboarding offshore with a couple friends. His friends helped ...

A day after suffering a heart attack, Santa Barbara City Councilmember Eric Friedman reportedly was awake and alert at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ...