SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 6 (UPI) -- A wildfire whipped by strong winds forced residents to leave 1,000 homes near Santa Barbara, Calif., Wednesday, emergency officials said.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Jimmy Connors, the bad boy and reigning star of U.S. tennis in the 1970s, was arrested for trespassing at a California university basketball arena, police said.
YORBA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- As many as 870 homes may have been burned and 30,000 people have been evacuated as a result of three wildfires in Southern California.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- City council officials in Santa Barbara, Calif., voted against a county proposal to urge state officials to support off-shore oil drilling.
GOLETA, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Firefighters struggled Thursday in Southern California to keep a wildfire as small as possible as it devoured brush they said had not burned for 50 years.
STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Anthony Goods scored 23 points Sunday as No. 21 Stanford beat UC-Santa Barbara, 67-48, for its third straight victory to start the season.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ash is falling like snow from a 6-week-old fire in Santa Barbara County in California.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 29 (UPI) -- A Santa Barbara, Calif., teacher has been charged with supplying marijuana to a 14-year-old middle school student she was supposed to be tutoring.
SANTA MARIA, Calif., April 29 (UPI) -- On the eve of his California court date, Michael Jackson's new legal team is replacing Nation of Islam security with guards from a private firm.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) --