A UC Regents committee approved a new 540-unit residential project for the UC Santa Barbara campus to house faculty and staff at a May meeting after years of planning and debate.

The Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus this past week presented its second concert, “Tomorrows: Songs for a Better Future,” with sung and spoken messages to future generations of the queer community.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History opens its popular summer exhibit “Butterflies Alive!” on Saturday with more than 1,000 local and tropical butterflies.

The UCSB North Campus Open Space unveiled Mesa Trail to the public last weekend following a decade of reconstruction and restoration.

The California State Library Parks Pass program, launched two weeks ago, is providing free vehicle day-use entry to California State Parks for library patrons.

Music and worship professor Michael Shasberger, who is retiring this year, delivers the keynote address to the Class of 2022.

Event welcomes all to ‘Meet Me at the Fair’ for carnival rides, local food, entertainment and animals.

SLC hosts tour of the project site at Haskell’s Beach before vote to approve environmental report and pier removal.

UCSB Associated Students’ Isla Vista Community Relations Community brings back the popular event after COVID hiatus.

Programming at Saturday’s Santa Barbara Earth Day Celebration focused on local environmental groups’ role in climate change mitigation.

Santa Barbara County has the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, and the Board of Supervisors received a final report last week on the 2015 Energy and Climate Action Plan.

A Santa Barbara County environmental nonprofit is setting out to tackle air pollution and environmental justice issues in the agricultural communities of North County.