The wife of the man killed at Stearns Wharf in December 2022 took the stand on Monday to testify about the shooting during ...

Read all of the stories in our “Celebrating 150 Years of Stearns Wharf” cover here. When John Peck Stearns, an East Coast transplant, proposed building a wharf in Santa Barbara, “people generally made ...

Stearns Wharf is getting new guard rails. The city of Santa Barbara plans to spend about $194,000 to complete the guard rails on the east side of the wharf. The Santa Barbara City Council approved ...

Praised by “Titanic” director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron for his “pioneering work,” Dr. Robert Fisher was recognized ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The old wharf cannon on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara will be fired off for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday afternoon as part of the wharf's 150th anniversary ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Businesses at Stearns Wharf are bracing for a packed crowd ahead of the 4th of July celebration. The wharf is already busy with visitors. "It’s a wonderful opportunity to ...

Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara is one notable exception, prevailing 150 years after it opened in the fall of 1872, as a testament that some places, no matter how hallowed, ...

A day-long birthday bash on Saturday celebrates the 150th birthday of Santa Barbara’s Stearns Wharf, held from 11 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. with events and activities for the whole family.

Santa Barbara's iconic Stearns Wharf has seen its fair share of excitement since opening over 150 years ago – including natural disasters, fires and civil unrest – and this week's bomb cyclone ...

Santa Barbara's Stearns Wharf has remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic with only a few restaurants available for takeout, but now almost all businesses have opened their doors under the ...

A speedboat doing doughnuts in the Santa Barbara harbor got too close to Stearns Wharf on Sunday, crashing into a pier piling and ladder and dumping three people into the water. No one was hurt in ...