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Prince William's team wins polo match, Tiffany trophyupdated: Wed Jul 20 2011 14:22:00

Prince William and his polo team won a round-robin match Saturday, garnering them a sterling silver and gold trophy -- weighing 14.7 pounds in the precious metals -- after he scored four goals in the final game. His team won the pivotal game 5-3.

The royals continue tour of Californiaupdated: Wed Jul 20 2011 14:22:00

CNN's Max Foster reports on day 2 of the the royal couple's visit to California.

Authorities probe how 5 pelicans ended up partially covered in oilupdated: Thu Jul 14 2011 03:34:00

The U.S. Coast Guard and several California state agencies are investigating how five Brown Pelicans turned up partially covered in oil near Santa Barbara this week.

People.com: Prince William Jokes at Polo Match: 'I'm Not a Good Loser'updated: Sun Jul 10 2011 21:49:00

As Kate applauds, William scores four goals as his team wins in Santa Barbara

People.com: Polo Jerseys for Prince William's California Matchupdated: Fri Jul 08 2011 09:10:00

William will sport a blue jersey alongside his Royal Salute teammates on Saturday

People.com: Prince William & Kate's California Itinerary Revealedupdated: Wed Jun 15 2011 12:49:00

Polo playing, supporting school kids, veterans and U.K. talent are all in their travel plans

12 places to see beautiful spring bloomsupdated: Tue Mar 01 2011 10:47:00

Spring is in the air, and now, on the ground. CNN talked to garden experts to get the scoop on this year's best destinations to view beautiful, budding flowers.

People.com: Nicole Kidman Cried Over Oscar Nomination, Much to Her Daughter's Dismayupdated: Mon Feb 07 2011 14:49:00

"She said, 'Why are we sad?' I said, 'No. We're not sad, Sunday. We're happy,' " the actress recalls

Woman prison escapee finally caught after 32 years on lamupdated: Wed Jan 12 2011 19:57:00

A woman who escaped from a California state prison 32 years ago was finally caught in Santa Barbara, police said Wednesday.

Storm leads to 100 vehicle pile-upupdated: Fri Dec 31 2010 11:24:00

A highway in North Dakota was shut down after high winds and heavy snow led to a series of accidents.

Rain respite gives southern California, Southwest time to clean upupdated: Thu Dec 23 2010 22:09:00

Even as they enjoyed their first glimpses of sunshine in five days, residents of soaked California and three nearby states in the Southwest worked Thursday to recover from the damage and dangers wrought by torrential rains.

Flooding across the western U.S.updated: Thu Dec 23 2010 22:09:00

Monsoon-like conditions overwhelmed southern California and other western states creating flash floods and mudslides.

'Summer chasers' keep sun in their sightsupdated: Mon Nov 01 2010 13:41:00

For most of the Northern Hemisphere, summer weather is over. No more grills, flip-flops or summer dresses. Now the snowblower seems to be staring us down while we wait five months to run barefoot.

Quaids: 'We are requesting asylum from Hollywood star whackers'updated: Mon Oct 25 2010 09:34:00

It sounds like a plot out of an upcoming Halloween horror movie, but for troubled actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, their fear of "Hollywood star whackers" is real.

Quaids claim Hollywood out to kill themupdated: Mon Oct 25 2010 09:34:00

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife say Hollywood "star whackers" are trying to kill them. GNN reports.

Randy and Evi Quaid miss court, face arrestupdated: Tue Oct 19 2010 09:54:00

A judge issued bench warrants for the arrest of actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, after the couple failed to appear for a court hearing Monday in Santa Barbara, California, a court spokesman said.

Money Magazine: I'm in my 20s. How much should I be saving?updated: Tue Oct 19 2010 09:13:00

Question: I'm in my 20s, so retirement is a long way off. Still, I'd like to know: What percentage of my salary should I be saving on a consistent basis for retirement, yet still be able to have a good life in the meantime? -- Will M., Santa Barbara, Calif.

People.com: PHOTO: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Make Up and Make Outupdated: Thu Sep 16 2010 18:29:00

The reality stars celebrate Montag's 24th birthday with champagne and plenty of PDA

People.com: Oops! Pink & Carey Hart Get Kicked Out of a Campgroundupdated: Tue Sep 14 2010 11:28:00

• Talk about an eventful (belated) birthday! Pink and her husband Carey Hart celebrated her 31st with a camping trip at Cachuma Lake, near Santa Barbara, Calif. The couple rode around on motorcycles and spent the evenings in front of a campfire. "They seemed to have an amazing weekend," an eyewitness said. But did they celebrate too much? After complaints they played music too loudly, the two were asked to leave the campground - not that Pink seemed bothered. "F--- it all," the singer later Tweeted. "I love camping. We are the only couple I know that can get kicked out a campground."

People.com: Randy and Evi Quaid Appear in Court - on Time!updated: Wed Apr 28 2010 22:55:00

The couple, who were jailed briefly for missing hearings, meet with the judge and lawyers in private

Randy Quaid's wife makes plea deal in hotel caseupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 18:45:00

Felony fraud charges against actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were dropped Wednesday after she accepted a deal on a misdemeanor offense, a California prosecutor said.

People.com: Randy Quaid and Wife Sent to Jailupdated: Tue Apr 27 2010 09:07:00

The eccentric couple, who missed multiple court hearings in their felony case, later posted bail and are free again

'Daniel Boone' star Fess Parker diesupdated: Thu Mar 18 2010 16:07:00

Fess Parker, best known for playing Daniel Boone in a 1960s television series, died Thursday at his home near Santa Barbara, California, his publicist said. He was 85.

People.com: Five Things to Know about Jon Gosselin's New Girlfriendupdated: Fri Jan 15 2010 09:27:00

Morgan Christie started dating Gosselin shortly after breaking up with her fiancé

Five things about Jon Gosselin's new girlfriendupdated: Thu Jan 14 2010 18:39:00

After splitting with Hailey Glassman in November, Jon Gosselin has been spending all of his time lately with a new twentysomething: Morgan Christie.

Review: 'Complicated' lavishes attention on stuffupdated: Fri Dec 25 2009 11:08:00

The audience for "It's Complicated" knows what it wants from a movie by the director of "Something's Gotta Give," written for the star of "Julie & Julia."

Randy and Evi Quaid skip court dateupdated: Wed Dec 16 2009 10:05:00

When they posted bond last month, it looked like Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, would finally make it to a Santa Barbara courthouse to face felony charges related to allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 luxury hotel bill.

People.com: Randy and Evi Quaid Skip Another Court Dateupdated: Tue Dec 15 2009 19:54:00

Santa Barbara District Attorney says the couple are now "felony fugitives"

People.com: INSIDE STORY: Randy Quaid's Journey from Actor to Alleged Felonupdated: Tue Nov 10 2009 08:27:00

Increasingly erratic behavior has friends worried - and police taking action

People.com: Randy Quaid & Wife Miss Court Date - Againupdated: Mon Oct 26 2009 17:46:00

Extradition proceedings have begun for the pair, who are facing felony charges in Santa Barbara

Plane lands on California highway; no major injuriesupdated: Mon Aug 24 2009 11:43:00

A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on a California highway Sunday morning, though no major injuries were reported, authorities said.

People.com: Family Wants Jackson Funeral at Neverlandupdated: Wed Jul 01 2009 08:07:00

The singer's family hopes to hold memorial for fans on Friday at Michael's ranch in California

People.com: Ashley Greene on Adrian Grenier: 'He's a Really Sweet Guy'updated: Mon Jun 22 2009 04:09:00

The Twilight star talks about what's really going on with Entourage's leading man

Fires keep roaring in CAupdated: Mon May 11 2009 00:27:00

Santa Barbara's wildfire continues to burn homes and displace people. KCAL's Juan Fernandez reports.

California fire possibly started by power toolupdated: Mon May 11 2009 00:27:00

The wildfire that has scorched thousands of acres and destroyed dozens of homes in Southern California for almost a week apparently was started by a power tool being used to clear brush in the area, fire officials said.

Wildfire continues roaring through Southern Californiaupdated: Sat May 09 2009 01:23:00

A wildfire that has engulfed dozens of homes and displaced thousands of people kept roaring in Southern California on Friday, as fire officials acknowledged they're not sure how much luck they'll have slowing the blaze.

California brush fireupdated: Thu May 07 2009 05:30:00

A fire in Santa Barbara, California forces homeowners to evacuate according to KABC.

Wildfire threatens homes in Santa Barbaraupdated: Wed May 06 2009 03:38:00

A wind-whipped fire in the hills above Santa Barbara, California, expanded to 400 acres late Tuesday, putting 1,200 homes under a mandatory evacuation order and another 1,000 under an evacuation warning, emergency officials said.

A wedding to defy deathupdated: Fri Jan 16 2009 09:02:00

Jessica Keenan tried on wedding dresses in a fancy Beverly Hills boutique, about 100 miles from the Santa Barbara, California, clinic where she gets blasted with chemotherapy once a week.

California fires could burn for days, official saysupdated: Tue Nov 18 2008 02:52:00

Firefighters will need at least until midweek to get control of wildfires that have destroyed more than 900 homes and other structures in Southern California, a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman says.

Top 10 bed-and-breakfast townsupdated: Thu Oct 09 2008 11:10:00

Now's a prime time to enjoy a cozy bed-and-breakfast. Whether you want to trek a nature trail or shop along a dock, these places offer a great escape.

California fires threaten Big Sur, Santa Barbara Countyupdated: Fri Jul 04 2008 18:41:00

Fast-moving flames early Friday burned the steep mountainsides a mile from homes on the northern edge of Goleta, California, near Santa Barbara.

Flames jump fire lineupdated: Fri Jul 04 2008 18:41:00

The fight is on to save Big Sur, California, from wildfires. CNN's Dan Simon reports.

Time.com: More Living Out of Cars in Los Angelesupdated: Mon Jun 23 2008 19:00:00

Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness

How to reclaim your weeknightsupdated: Thu Jun 05 2008 12:34:00

It's 9 p.m. Do you know where your life is? Wake up, go to work, crawl home, wrestle dinner onto the table, crash. Wake up, carpool, run endless errands, tuck the kids in, collapse into bed yourself. Whose weeknight is it anyway?

Living in their carsupdated: Tue May 20 2008 17:37:00

CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reports on a program in Santa Barbara, California, for women who live in their cars.

Mom forced to live in car with dogsupdated: Tue May 20 2008 17:37:00

Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.

The American Riviera by trainupdated: Tue May 20 2008 10:48:00

There's no way I'm reading now that the train has reached the ocean.

10 earth-friendly spring flingsupdated: Fri Apr 04 2008 13:54:00

Luxurious or rustic. Remote island or classic coastal hike. Whatever your style, you can make it green.

High surf in Californiaupdated: Tue Feb 26 2008 07:28:00

A surfer's dream or nightmare as high surf pounds the shore in San Francisco Sunday.

No survivors in Venezuela plane crash updated: Fri Feb 22 2008 11:16:00

Rescue teams on Friday found the wreckage of a plane that crashed Thursday night in the mountains of Venezuela, but none of the 46 people aboard survived, a searcher said.

People.com: EXCLUSIVE: Tori Spelling's Baby Bump Revealed!updated: Mon Feb 04 2008 10:02:00

Spelling shows off her new curves in Santa Barbara with Dean McDermott

People.com: AUDIO: Heath Ledger Talks About His Careerupdated: Sun Jan 27 2008 19:02:00

Two years ago, when Heath Ledger and his girlfriend Michelle Williams traveled with their new baby an hour and half north of L.A. to accept the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Breakthrough Performance of the Year Award, it was just another stop in what had been a seemingly endless award season for the young actor.

Time.com: US Air Crash Victim Rescuedupdated: Wed Dec 26 2007 11:30:00

Rescue workers struggled Wednesday to rescue a 12-year-old U.S. girl who was the only survivor of a weekend plane crash in Panama

A camp for military kids onlyupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 04:29:00

"Operation Purple" camp in Santa Barbara allows children whose mothers or fathers are deployed by the military to have some summer fun with other kids who know exactly what they're going through.

Military kids go to campupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 04:29:00

Military kids go to camp

Chopper crash sparks fireupdated: Fri Aug 03 2007 21:02:00

Chopper crash sparks fire

Wildfire scorches Utahupdated: Tue Jul 03 2007 00:29:00

Wildfire scorches Utah

Money Magazine: How It's Doneupdated: Sun Jul 01 2007 00:00:00

Today might very well be the day that you do it. After all, you've been planning it for a long time. You're ready to ditch the job, dump the boss and start your own business. What's stopping you? It's not as if you're attached to your cubicle, despite its magnificent proximity to the vending machines. There's just that one nagging hurdle: You know nothing about starting a business. Well, nothing encouraging. You know that many fail (sure enough, about a third do in the first four years). And you know that becoming an entrepreneur costs a small fortune. That one, you'll be happy to hear, isn't necessarily true. Yes, you'll likely get your start-up money from savings and personal loans until you can win over funders with evidence of your success. But it won't take that much money. You probably already have all the technology you need at home—high-speed Internet, a computer, maybe even a nifty printer/fax/copier combo. You can rent almost anything else, from accounting help to

FSB: PR for the rest of usupdated: Tue Oct 03 2006 13:10:00

On a rainy morning in Charlotte, Mike and Kathy Butler, founders of the PRstore, are hunkered down in a conference room, teaching the intricacies of logos, letterheads, and lamination to some new f...

Fortune: My idea of funupdated: Thu Sep 07 2006 15:02:00

Helio Dayton's first surf outing ended badly. He staggered onto the beach, dazed and bruised. Years later he tried again. Now the wireless whiz kid, seen here on a wave in Indonesia, says he is obs...

CNNMoney: Most overpriced home marketsupdated: Tue Jul 25 2006 14:24:00

After years of local home markets getting more and more overvalued, the trend has reversed, according to an analyis published this week.

Fortune: Why being publicly-held is bestupdated: Tue Jul 11 2006 11:57:00

Now that Wendy McCaw has driven away most of the editors from the newspaper she owns, the Santa Barbara News-Press, a lot of people in journalism are beginning to question what had become accepted wisdom in the past year or so - that independent, local ownership is the salvation of the ailing newspaper industry.

CNNMoney: Coastal housing markets still way overvaluedupdated: Fri Apr 07 2006 09:41:00

Some of the most overheated U.S. housing markets did become a little less overvalued during the fourth quarter of 2005 -- but homes there didn't actually fall in price.

This week in the medical journalsupdated: Thu Feb 23 2006 21:33:00

Another one bites the dust

Money Magazine: From Debtors to Millionaires Overnightupdated: Mon Dec 12 2005 16:42:00

ng to tell him that his 63-year-old father had died suddenly. Then, weeks after Baran returned to school from his home in Santa Barbara, he had more unexpected news: a call informing him that he was the sole heir to his father's half-million-dollar 401(k). Stunned and upset, he barely registered a single detail from the conversation and had to call back to check the amount. "It didn't sink in," recalls Baran, 37. "I had no idea he'd saved that much." After all, Baran hadn't grown up rich. His father worked as a meter reader for an electric company for 35 years and raised his family in a modest 1,900-square-foot three-bedroom home near the University of California at Santa Cruz. But an even bigger surprise was still to come. About a week later, his stepmother e-mailed to say that he'd also inherited his childhood home, now worth $850,000, with just $148,000 left on the mortgage. Over the phone, his wife, Erin Chrislock, read him the will that had just arrived in the mail. "It was very emotional," says Bara...

Money Magazine: From Debtors to Millionaires Overnightupdated: Thu Sep 01 2005 00:01:00

A year ago, a series of phone calls turned John Baran's life upside down. The first came as he sat in a classroom in Ithaca, N.Y., 3,000 miles away from his wife and kids. His stepmother was callin...

CNNMoney: From debtors to millionaires overnightupdated: Thu Aug 18 2005 10:41:00

A year ago, a series of phone calls turned John Baran's life upside down. The first came as he sat in a classroom in Ithaca, N.Y., 3,000 miles away from his wife and kids. His stepmother was calling to tell him that his 63-year-old father had died suddenly.

Money Magazine: Getting Rich in Americaupdated: Sun May 01 2005 00:01:00

Broke stay-at-home mom starts a multimillion-dollar business. Son of a Mexican-born railroad worker goes to Harvard, makes partner at big law firm. Daughter of Vietnamese refugees invests in real e...

CNNMoney: The real estate pathupdated: Thu Apr 07 2005 15:25:00

The appeal of real estate is simple: It's one area where regular people can get a significant amount of investment leverage.

FSB: This Is Your Office?updated: Tue Jun 01 2004 00:01:00

After Dennis Kozlowski and his $6,000 shower curtain, you'd think that CEOs would have shelved any grand decorating ambitions. But the yen to tell the world you've arrived can be overwhelming, says...

Fortune: Will This Recovery Run Out Of Gas?updated: Mon May 31 2004 00:01:00

When oil hits $40 a barrel, as it did in mid-May, alarm bells start to go off. After all, the last time oil jumped over $40 was in 1990, during the first Gulf war, after which the economy suffered...

Money Magazine: Twelve romantic weekends in the Westupdated: Tue Feb 11 2003 00:27:00

The floors creak, the doors lock only from the inside, and the walls are paper thin -- so whispering is the norm. If this doesn't sound appealing, it's because the strange beauty of Big Sur California's Deetjen Inn so defies description.

Money Magazine: Romantic Weekendsupdated: Sat Feb 01 2003 00:01:00

Ah, romance. It means different things to different people. Some go for the traditional accoutrements: candlelit dinners, roaring fires, cozy inns and the like. For others, any time spent together ...

Fortune: Are Mammograms Worth It? Breast-cancer screeningupdated: Mon Jan 07 2002 00:01:00

For all the pink ribbons and breast-cancer walks, how much progress has society really made in detecting and battling breast cancer, a disease that strikes one in eight women? Not as much as you th...

Fortune: Ode to a Sebringupdated: Mon Jun 11 2001 00:01:00

Calling a car the "perfect rental" is ordinarily damning praise. But next time you're cruising around Santa Barbara or Sanibel Island, the wind in your hair, take a moment to thank DaimlerChrysler ...

FSB: Going Coastalupdated: Sun Apr 01 2001 00:01:00

This low-key and artsy coastal community may be just 90 minutes from Los Angeles, but Santa Barbara feels nothing like the sprawling metropolis to its south. Santa Barbara's downtown is lined with ...

Fortune: Bacara Resort & Spa A California hot spot where there's never a need to sweat it.updated: Mon Jan 22 2001 00:01:00

If the devil himself were to throw a bash honoring the most accomplished sloths, hedonists, and gluttons among us, he couldn't do a better hosting job than the new Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barb...

Fortune: Eat S'mores? No. Draft a Business Plan. WHAT GIRLS DO AT SUMMER CAMPupdated: Mon Sep 27 1999 00:01:00

I spent two summers at Camp Mont Shenandoah. I slept on a bunk, rose at taps, and passed the days picking blackberries and competing against the Greens (I was a Buff). The highlight of the summer w...

Fortune: Greed in (gasp!) the Senate, the undocumented life, a second opinion on executions, and other matters. GREAT MOMENTS IN PASSIONAupdated: Mon Jun 27 1994 00:01:00

Student activists are adding a dangerous new element to campus protests . . . ((They)) are turning to hunger strikes . . . Students have used the dramatic tactic at Stanford University, the Univers...

Money Magazine: HELP! WE'RE SLAVES TO A HOUSE WORTH LESS THAN ITS MORTGAGEupdated: Fri May 01 1992 00:01:00

Q Please help two ''mortgage slaves.'' We are in the ninth year of a 30-year, $128,000 mortgage at a whopping fixed interest rate of 14%. We'd refinance, but we can't. Thanks to a bad real estate m...

Money Magazine: THE VICTIMS AND VILLAINS OF OUR HEALTH-CARE CRISIS updated: Sun Sep 01 1991 00:01:00

In July, when readers and health experts offered solutions to the health-care crisis, they did not sufficiently discuss prices doctors charge. As a result of the cost-reimbursement system (insuranc...

Money Magazine: THE L.A. STORY TODAY: JOB BLUES updated: Wed May 01 1991 00:01:00

In ''Where the New Jobs Will Be'' (March), you say ''Los Angeles will provide the largest number of new white-collar jobs over the next five years.'' However, today Los Angeles, like many areas of ...

Fortune: WATER: HOW MUCH IS THERE & WHOSE IS IT?updated: Mon Mar 25 1991 00:01:00

Turning on the tap makes it all look pretty simple, but where America's water goes, how it gets there, and who pays how much for it is downright surprising. Consider:

Money Magazine: Q&A An expert offers the ABCs of getting into the B&B bizupdated: Fri Dec 01 1989 00:01:00

If you dream on occasion about chucking it all and opening a homey bed-and- breakfast inn, pay heed to some sobering words from our veteran: start-up costs can easily exceed $100,000, and preparing...

Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon Oct 10 1988 00:01:00

-- JOHN C. CROSBIE, 57, Canada's trade minister, explaining that there's nothing to fear in the proposed Canadian-American free-trade treaty: ''There isn't an American I've seen whom I'm afraid of,...

Fortune: New Hope for the Average Shin, Granny Is a Radical, Progressive Snitching, and Other Matters. Great Moments in Municipal Governmupdated: Mon Sep 02 1985 00:01:00

WEST HOLLYWOOD -- Racked by conflict, including a rivalry between the mayor and a councilman who wants her post, the West Hollywood City Council was spending the weekend in group therapy . . . ''It...

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