With a rainstorm headed toward the Central Coast this week, the City of Goleta says now is the time for residents to prepare.

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Two people were seriously injured after a small plane crashed and erupted in flames near the 101 Freeway in Goleta.

A California Highway Patrol officer is being praised for his life-saving efforts following a fiery small plane crash in Santa Barbara County.

As Debbie Gantt was driving up Storke Road to get on Highway 101 on Wednesday, headed to Trader Joe’s to pick up a few items, ...

Steve Epstein says he was driving toward Montecito when he saw smoke and initially thought it might be a car fire. As he got ...

GOLETA, Calif. - A small plane crashed off a Goleta freeway on Wednesday afternoon. The crash was first reported around 2:20 ...

A small plane crashed near northbound Highway 101 in Goleta Wednesday afternoon, Santa Barbara County authorities said.

A small private aircraft crashed in an open field just north of the Storke Road offramp on Highway 101 Wednesday afternoon, ...

A small plane crashed off the side of the 101 Freeway in Goleta, seriously injuring the two people on board.

Sometimes the best food discoveries are the ones we didn’t see coming. At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac at the west end of Goleta we accidentally — and ...

Goleta habitat restoration project at Ellwood Mesa seeks to address declining Monarch butterfly numbers The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with ...