SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif. - With smoke spewing from the nearby Lake Fire over a wide area of the Santa Ynez Valley, concerns are shifting with each strong gust of wind. Residents wasted no time ...

Santa Ynez Community Services District invites all interested persons to attend two scheduled "draft-map" public hearings on Sept. 20, at 5:30 p.m. and Oct. 18, at 5:30 p.m., at the District Board ...

Sep 11, 2024 Sep 11, 2024 Updated Oct 17, 2025 As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) completes revisions on updated special flood hazard area maps for Santa Barbara County, Santa Ynez ...

Santa Barbara County officials issued new evacuation orders Thursday due to the Lake Fire burning in the eastern Santa Ynez Valley. The county Air Pollution Control District also updated its ...

It was the hit film "Sideways" that put the Santa Ynez Valley on the map, said Francesca Angelini in The Times. Fifty years ago, this beautiful wine region two hours' drive north of Los Angeles was ...

Bicycling in Santa Barbara County could become a little easier, and safer, with an enhanced countywide map of bicycle paths, routes and potential obstacles. (0 Ratings) ...

Whether you are a wine enthusiast looking to discover award-winning varietals, a foodie who appreciates the vast array of California’s farm-fresh goods, or simply looking to escape city life, there’s ...

Ask the people who work in all of those places where they like to eat, and they’ll likely all say the same thing: On their days off from pouring the wine and cooking the food all the tourists post on ...

Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez Valley is leading the way in the wine region's sustainability movement with the best organic, biodynamic, and minimal intervention wineries. Once a rural ranching ...