“Coming to Santa Barbara from the Smokies is like coming to another planet,” mused Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental novelist Richard Powers in conversation with essayist and novelist Pico Iyer.

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Every big city has its popular road trip destinations, and Los Angeles is blessed to have Santa Barbara, an hour and 40 minutes driving from Downtown and just under three hours aboard Amtrak.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- In a shocking result following hours of victim testimony, a Santa Clara County Court ruled that mass murderer Richard Farley's death sentence will remain intact.

Ex-Wall Street hotshot Richard Perry is reportedly plotting a comeback — nearly a decade after shuttering his hedge fund after losing a fortune trying to save the Barneys department store.

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

Richard White wants you to know he’s back – and he won’t let you down. “I want to let you know that I’m fully engaged and here for the long haul, with invigorated vision, passion and a ...

Richard Roeper was the longtime nationally syndicated film and TV columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. He currently does reviews for ABC-7 TV in Chicago, and on his podcast, “The Richard Roeper ...

The Academy Awards — often as predictable and exciting as watching paint dry — are wide open this year. My Oscar oracle, sports handicapper Danny Sheridan, has been uncannily correct picking ...

Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.