Q: Marsha, I desperately need a larger rental. Twice I’ve almost been duped by rental scams on Craigslist. Why is this so prevalent? A: The internet seems to have ratcheted up the fraudsters. All ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. In just 9 months, the Short-Term Rental Enforcement Pilot Program has busted 151 illegal short-term rentals in ...

Santa Barbara took another step towards addressing the city’s housing crisis at this week’s city council meeting.

While it appears all but certain that illegal vacation rentals within the City of Santa Barbara will soon be the target of aggressive criminal prosecution, it’s not clear just how aggressive members ...

A sign along Braemar Drive in Santa Barbara urges vacation rental owners and their guests to keep down their noise. Credit: Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo Santa Barbara is ramping up efforts to shut ...

People packed the Santa Barbara City Council meeting once they saw an agenda item requesting the consideration of adding a ...

A California appellate court last week upheld a lower court’s rejection of the City of Santa Barbara’s ban on most short-term vacation rentals near the beach. I hope the decision by the 2nd District ...

The city of Santa Barbara is looking to legalize short-term vacation rentals nearly citywide, but make it much harder to operate them. On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara City Council is scheduled to ...