Ninety minutes north of the city and next to pricey Montecito, laid-back Carpinteria has surfers, seals and miles of beach to ...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. -- The Carpinteria Noon Rotary Club was out Friday, surveying the beach for erosion and other environmental changes. The measured Carpinteria State Beach at two locations, near ...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. – Since Jan. 17, Santa Barbara County Flood Control has been moving storm debris from Carpinteria watershed basins to beach reclamation projects at Carpinteria City Beach. Since ...

The idea came from a 14-year-old Carpinteria resident named Elias, who sought more hands-on environmental stewardship opportunities for youth and families. He was inspired by a similar program in San ...

Diesel Slade of Carpinteria Junior Lifeguards outsprints the competition in the “A” Division Beach Flags. Slade took first place. (Barry Punzal / Noozhawk photo) Carpinteria Junior Lifeguards made a ...

California State Parks invites the community to join in celebration of Earth Day by volunteering on April 21 for restoration and cleanup at Carpinteria State Beach. Carpinteria Beach is one of 40 ...

Carpinteria loves to call itself the “home of the world’s safest beach” and although that may be true, my wife and I discovered that Carpinteria, on a blustery spring day, had much more to offer than ...

There's not as many sun-baked stars lolling on the sand as there once was but the show at the seal sanctuary on a Carpinteria beach goes on. Six years ago, more than 100 newborn harbor seals were ...

David B. Goldman is a freelance writer in Santa Barbara CARPINTERIA — I can’t figure out what exactly makes this place seem like one of Southern California’s last old-fashioned beach towns. Maybe it’s ...

Jacob is your community news reporter covering the Santa Maria Valley. Over the weekend, a dead whale washed up on Padaro Beach in Carpinteria, drawing visitors to the shoreline to check it out for ...