Sheriff Bill Brown also notified the Board of Supervisors he would not be complying with a recently passed state law ...

An unexpected power outage affected thousands of Southern California Edison customers in downtown Santa Barbara Tuesday afternoon and disrupted Superior Court hearings and government meetings.

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge ruled this week that Sable Offshore Corp. conducted work on its oil and gas pipelines without proper permits.

According to the state's attorney general, Sable Offshore Corp. failed to obtain permits to excavate onshore oil pipelines before digging up and making repairs to them.

On Wednesday, Sable Offshore's request to be awarded financial damages against the Coastal Commission were denied by ...