I transferred to the University of California Santa Barbara in 2017 and graduated three years later during the height of the ...

Santa Barbara experienced a building boom in the 1920s, like many other U.S. cities. World War I and the Spanish Flu epidemic were behind us, and automobiles were allowing easy access to neighborhoods ...

Santa Barbara, with fewer than 90,000 people, barely makes it into California’s 100 largest cities. But this coastal enclave has an outsize role in the state’s history. Settled by the Spanish as a ...

Some of the most historic hotels in Santa Barbara include the Montecito Inn (built by Charlie Chaplin and a group of ...

The resort is perched on a bluff, providing easy access to the beach below, unobstructed ocean views, and trails for scenic walks along the shore. The Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge, where guests enjoy ...

No need to bookmark—get it straight to your inbox. Santa Barbara’s grand Hotel Californian has endured for nearly a century—the Spanish Colonial Revival hotel was built in 1925—but a makeover in 2017 ...