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Until recently, UC Santa Barbara baseball could only take place during the day, with games typically starting at 1 in the afternoon.

But Monday night, for the first time in history, UC Santa Barbara's Gaucho baseball team played under the evening lights.

After the recent wildfires on the South Coast, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is trying to monitor the new plants that have started growing in the wildfire recovery area.

With so much land to cover, however, the new plan is getting citizen scientists how to identify, catalog, and protect the plants we rely on. 

A group of students on the Central Coast are racing into the history books as the first high school team to compete in a National Hot Rod Association drag race.

The Santa Maria High School Race Team was in Pomona on Thursday and Friday competing against pro racing teams in the NHRA’s Winternationals event. 

The highly anticipated Amazon Alexa workspace has opened in downtown Santa Barbara.

There focus for now will be hiring workers to design and improve the voice-activated system used by millions worldwide.

Train service has resumed after being shut down Thursday afternoon in the area around Mariposa Reina on the Gaviota coastline.

A brush fire had broken out at around 1:30 p.m., and Santa Barbara County officials sent six fire engines and a helicopter to the area to combat the blaze.

The ridesharing service Uber is testing new features in three California cities, including one on the South Coast.

Drivers for the company in Santa Barbara will now be allowed to control their fares.

Santa Barbara County may be making some changes, to make their Office of Emergency Management Services more efficient.

The County is considering combining that office with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.