Authorities are investigating the source of black crude on beaches in Carpinteria, Montecito, and Santa Barbara.

South Santa Barbara County residents hoping to cool off after a hot week should be warned: There is currently a lot of tar ...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. -- The Carpinteria Noon Rotary Club was out Friday, surveying the beach for erosion and other environmental changes. The measured Carpinteria State Beach at two locations, near ...

Elias Sprague (left) sees his idea become a reality to have baskets ready at the beach for anyone who needs to go on a clean ...

Carpinteria Vice Mayor Monica Solorzano, center, who as a member of the Carpinteria Ad Hoc Seal Advisory Committee voted against the recommended three-year beach closure to protect seals, explains ...

David B. Goldman is a freelance writer in Santa Barbara CARPINTERIA — I can’t figure out what exactly makes this place seem like one of Southern California’s last old-fashioned beach towns. Maybe it’s ...

There's not as many sun-baked stars lolling on the sand as there once was but the show at the seal sanctuary on a Carpinteria beach goes on. Six years ago, more than 100 newborn harbor seals were ...