Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department presented to the Board on Tuesday highlighting the precarious conditions under which some street foods are prepared and sold, including photos of ...

Duncan and Chitra are the parents of the family, and moved to Gainesville in 2019 from Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Santa Barbara Zoo, respectively. They do everything together, according to ...

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) Scotty Washington scored 23 points as CSU Northridge beat UCSB 103-77 on Saturday. Washington shot 8 of 11 from the field and 7 for 7 from the line for the Matadors (21-8 ...

If you want to have this adorable paper Santa Claus hanging from the ceiling instead of using it on a table, you can. You will want to attach yarn or string to the paper. I like the idea of adding it ...

Asami is a four-year-old Asian small-clawed otter. She is one of the seven members of an otter family at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo learning to communicate using buttons. This system of ...

Santa Barbara Zoo, Signature Aviation, Southern California Edison, Teledyne FLIR, The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, and UC Santa Barbara.

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Charles Barkley says he was an ‘idiot’ when he first got rich, owned 3 or 4 luxury cars — then Dr. J gave him a reality check. Here's how America's car obsession is driving us broke ...

Credit: Courtesy photo It’s snow joke! On Sunday, Jan. 26, the forecast at the Santa Barbara Zoo calls for snow, sledding, and a day full of frosty fun at the annual Snow Leopard Festival ...

Rich Block, the president and CEO of The Santa Barbara Zoo, will be retiring from his post at the end of January 2025, the zoo announced in a Feb. 5 press release. Serving as the zoo’s president and ...

"We will continue to monitor them closely in the coming days," he added. Parker came to SPZ from the Santa Barbara Zoo in 2018 and moved in with Kipenzi and Iggy. He was known for his "curiosity ...