Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.

From rubble to retail. One of Santa Barbara's most visually unappealing sites is about to get a transformation. Developers ...

The Madre Fire in eastern County continued to grow overnight as firefighters battled challenging conditions at the large ...

All lanes of northbound Highway 101 in Carpinteria were shut down Saturday morning after a gasoline tanker overturned. The ...

Heriberta 'Eri' Montes Rubio It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Heriberta "Eri" Montes Rubio, our ...

Classic cars, floats and horseback riders made their way through downtown Solvang on Friday morning as the Solvang Rotary ...

The Santa Barbara Foresters came up on the losing end of a 4th of July marathon with the California Tigers, falling 7-6 on ...

Firefighters responded Friday afternoon to a residential structure fire in Hope Ranch. Emergency personnel were dispatched ...

Whether your high school had an engineering program, you know someone who is an engineer, or you think engineers use math and physics to make a good ...

Just under 200 local racers descended upon Elings Park on Friday morning to kick off the holiday weekend with the annual Semana Nautica 4th of July Trail ...

After briefly discussing the doctrine of providence in my last essay, I felt compelled to go a bit deeper in this somewhat mysterious topic. The question ...

Firefighters working to corral a Friday night fire on the western edge of the Santa Maria Valley stopped the forward movement of the flames within an ...