A 26-year-old suspect was arrested Monday in connection to a shooting on Sunday morning that left six people dead and more wounded in downtown Sacramento, police announced. Dandre Martin, the suspect, was taken into custody on charges of assault with a firearm and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, Police Chief Kathy Lester…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Challenges have emerged in the Isla Vista rental market, surrounding the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) prompting some students to live in cars and hotels. In 2019, UCSB undergraduate enrollment reached an all-time high, with 23,349 students enrolled for the fall term. Undergraduate enrollment remained steady for the 2020-2021 school year with over…

Last week, a spur of the moment decision took my husband and I to Santa Barbara in sunny Southern California. This is not the way to find a budget hotel, but few exist there anyway. We stayed in two different hotels and the irony was, the second hotel—The Hampton Inn at Goleta—cost more than our…

A wine bar owner in Santa Barbara County is facing four criminal charges for keeping his business open during the state’s pandemic restrictions, making him one of the few business owners in California formally charged by the state for defying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders. Kurt Hixenbaugh, 49, and his wife, Dawn, have owned Vino…

Now more than ever getting unplugged and spending time outdoors with family is so important for mental and physical health. Our family was in need of some travel therapy, and our recent trip to Santa Barbara delivered that not only by reconnecting us with nature, but also by fulfilling our goal to learn a few…