UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double ...

Researchers say just four policies could cut plastic pollution 90 percent by 2050. With no action, plastic waste could nearly ...

On Friday, The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce announced Goleta's Finest 2024 Award Recipients in the ...

The Graduate Division at UC Santa Barbara has selected three new Racial Justice Fellows, each to receive funding and ...

"I'm optimistic about a sustainable future," said Dr. Nivedita Biyani, Researcher of Global Plastic Modeling, Benioff Ocean ...

Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2015 Refugio Beach oil spill in ...

Mollie Culver, the brilliant if haunted campaign tactician and strategist who helped engineer the political trajectories of such Democratic Party luminaries as Jack O’Connell, Walter and Lois Capps, ...

The FAST Central Coast Program is a collaborative effort of the Coast Rail Coordinating Council involving the San Luis Obispo ...

Memphis 901 FC officials knew for years they'd need to find a new stadium for the club. That never happened. Here's a rundown ...

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“You might find in the economic analysis the impact that even a $20 an hour ... but everyone else in the Santa Barbara County ...

Wendy Santamaria is leading in the District One race in Santa Barbara. If it holds she will be replacing current ...