SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Every day, Old Mission Santa Barbara attracts visitors from all walks of life. “I love the history of it and just visiting and getting to see through it," said visitor Karen ...

SANTA BARBARA, CA — July 16 th, 2025 — Old Mission Santa Barbara and St. Barbara Parish at Old Mission Santa Barbara are collaborating on a major effort to increase accessibility to the Mission church ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Some people come back day after day to watching the i madonnati images evolve. Most of the selected artists put down their chalk on Memorial Day. Others, including father and ...

Onlookers view the Old Mission Santa Barbara after it was damaged in the 1925 earthquake. Credit: Contributed by Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum On the morning of June 29, 1925, the ...

For one weekend each year, the historic plaza at Old Mission Santa Barbara transforms asphalt into a living canvas of ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. The Santa Barbara Mission is a historic part of the city and a proposed eight-story apartment building nearby ...

SINGING SANTA BARBARA'S PRAISES? That's so easy to do, and we'll bet, just maybe, that a certain colorful tile is referenced when the compliments begin to flow. For red-tiled roofs and the American ...

The 2026 Fiesta poster features a variety of Mexican and Old Spanish Days elements, along with iconic Santa Barbara landmarks ...

Outraged Santa Barbara residents jumped into action when a developer unveiled plans last year for a towering apartment complex within sight of the historic Old Mission. They complained to city ...