Barney was covering political races when we met, as I was volunteering on a number of them shortly after I moved to Santa Barbara in the early 1970s. I am lucky enough to say that our friendship ...

Barney Brantingham, a master hand of journalism, a quintessential newspaper reporter and columnist in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 93. Credit: Courtesy photo Barney Brantingham, a master hand of ...

Coleen Ann (Barney) Powers was born on Jan. 23, 1984 in Santa Barbara to George Sr. and Debra Ann Barney. She graduated from San Marcos High School and went on to attend Santa Barbara City College to ...

Barney Brantingham, a great journalist who embodied Santa Barbara the way Mike Royko did Chicago, Jimmy Breslin New York, and Herb Caen San Francisco, died last week, his family announced Monday. He ...