On a local level, the Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL), with the help of the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation and ...

First and second-place winners will advance to statewide competition Can you spell the word gamut? What about the word tacitly? The winners of this year’s countywide Spelling Bee certainly can. Four t ...

The Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) has expanded its Library of Things with 30 passes to Ice in Paradise, each offering ...

There’s no time like spring break to get you thinking about what to do with your kids for the summer, amirite? Just in time ...

The Santa Barbara Public Library is looking for its next leader. The city is conducting a recruitment for a permanent ...

Since the reopening of the Santa Barbara Public Library, families have returned to the children’s center, which is now packed ...

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Five years after the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, Dr. Sara Cody — the Santa Clara County public health officer who led the Bay Area’s regional ...

Jessica Cadiente, who has helmed the Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) for the past ten years, announced her resignation last week. Cadiente has been on paid leave since March 2024 and cited health ...

Surely, the Santa Cruz City Council, elected by residents to decide how and in which direction the city moves, would have had to vote on whether to put the city’s name on this lawsuit. Yet, there is ...

Six outdoor sculptural libraries by artist Douglas Lochner are traveling to six public libraries, where they will be on display through April, said a spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County ...