Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brother Michael Lamm O.F.M., a Franciscan friar, stands on the steps of the earthquake-damaged Mission Santa Barbara. This photo ...

Imagine you’ve arrived for your Monday morning shift down on State Street by the railroad tracks, and you’re looking toward the Pacific Ocean as the 6:40 a.m. sun lights the sky. There appears to be a ...

Though Santa Barbara had not been aware if the earthquake was isolated or part of a bigger California wallop, the rest of the state had a pretty good idea what had happened. The southbound Pickwick ...

From old cars, photos, and an earthquake simulator, Santa Barbara residents and visitors got to step into the past and peek at what life was like during the 1925 earthquake. The EQ25 Alliance ...

CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, Calif. (KEYT) – A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded 16 kilometers due north of Santa Barbara Island in the waters off the coast of California Thursday. The image below, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Old Mission Santa Barbara is a world class destination. "Throughout the world we are known as the Queen of the missions because of the setting... the rather grand architecture.

A 2.1 magnitude quake struck close to Santa Barbara on Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor shook the area at 9:48 a.m. It occurred above sea level with the epicenter ...

Christ Church Cathedral in December 2012 about a year after the back-to-back earthquakes. A couple of train box cars can be seen on the far right. They were used throughout Christchurch to help shore ...

A 2.9 magnitude quake shook close to Santa Barbara Is. on Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor struck at 6:22 p.m. (5:22 p.m. local time), with its epicenter about 20 ...

One hundred years ago today, downtown Santa Barbara was devastated by an earthquake centered just offshore. The main commercial district, State Street, was in ruins. Some buildings completely ...

One hundred years ago, on the morning of June 29, 1925, an earthquake measuring between 6.5 and 6.8 on the Richter scale destroyed a great deal of downtown Santa Barbara and killed about a dozen ...