The Sun has been published for over 24 years covering local news and entertainment each week for Northern Santa Barbara County ...

George Carlin once suggested that the concept of the American Dream is a tool used by “the owners” to keep people placid and ...

A faceless Statue of Liberty with flowing, black hair dons a colorful array of Indigenous tattoos. The white “Be Human” book ...

I am a lifelong Republican. I have developed a new reason to hate getting older. It means I will have only a few more opportunities to vote against all of the elected buffoons from the top down who ...

Best Picture Best Director Best Actor - Jack Nicholson Best Actress - Louise Fletcher Best Screenplay Adaptation A nice rest ...

The Sun has been published for over 24 years covering local news and entertainment each week for Northern Santa Barbara County ...

Santa Barbara County awarded arts grants to 12 nonprofits on June 16, providing more than $50,000 to support community development through arts and culture. For ...

FAST COMPANY: Former Formula One driver Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt, right) comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with cocky younger driver Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), in F1 The Movie, screening ...

• On June 30, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) introduced the Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act—legislation to prevent people who are in crisis ...

CAUSE FOR CONCERN: Juan Lara, 54, was found dead in his cell at the Northern Branch Jail in June, making him the second person to die in a Santa Barbara County jail this year.

I am writing in response to Steve Pepe’s letter in the June 26 issue of the Sun (“ Some protest signs have gone too far ”) wherein he claims that “86 47” is calling for the assassination of the ...

COME ON IN: The South Side Coffee Company’s storefront is divided in half: Jasmine Gonzalez’s all-white “There’s nothing to do in Lompoc” window display contrasts with the rainbow exhibit across from ...