As Alpha Floral marks 90 years, owner Cassie Macias reflects on seasonal blooms, community roots, and why beauty takes time.

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Santa Barbara County’s Board of Supervisors unanimously approved updates to Isla Vista’s waste collection law on Tuesday.

Our news reporter Ryan P. Cruz is always out in our community jumping on stories and reporting all the latest happenings in ...

Frankie and Taylor Madden’s long-awaited ceremony followed a childhood plane crash and a stage-four lymphoma diagnosis and became a testament to enduring love.

With sunsets, dolphins, disco, and rainy-day first dances, these weddings prove there’s no place like Santa Barbara.

Back when state Assemblymember Gregg Hart was a Santa Barbara County Supervisor, he and Sheriff Bill Brown frequently butted ...

Let our 2026 Wedding Resource Guide help you create a magical wedding experience with all the elements that are important to you (Chinese dragons are optional). Congratulations and cheers!!

The pressure to choose the perfect dress — loved by you and your family, accompanied by the perfect moment — is reinforced in pop culture, in movies such as Bride Wars, where Kate Hudson slips into a ...

After dancing into each other’s lives during the pandemic, State Street Ballet’s Ryan Lenkey and Saori Yamashita turned stage chemistry into real-life romance.

In some ways, planning a wedding is akin to caring for a newborn child. It demands constant attention sustained by timelines and spreadsheets, shaped by endless decisions and punctuated by last-minute ...

After Alzheimer’s kept his mother from the big day, one son re-created the ceremony inside her memory care home and found unexpected grace.