One person was reportedly killed and two others hospitalized after a stabbing early Friday during Santa Barbara’s iconic Old Spanish Days celebration — the multi-day Fiesta that draws thousands of ...

Saint Barbara is an iconic part of Santa Barbara’s annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta. From opening night at the Santa Barbara Mission, to the historical parade on Friday, to countless Fiesta appearances ...

Project Fiesta! revisits a century’s worth of Santa Barbara’s traditional Fiesta celebrations and consists of two galleries filled with the largest collection of Fiesta artifacts. The centerpiece, ...

One person was killed in a stabbing that injured two other people Thursday night at the Fiesta celebration in Santa Barbara. The stabbing stemmed from a fight in the 500 block of State Street, police ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - For the 100th anniversary, the El Desfile Historico will have two Grand Marshals. 1976 El Presidente Rudy Castillo and radio host and community non-profit leader Catherine ...

When he was named to be the Grand Marshal of the Old Spanish Days parade in 2024, Rudy Castillo was the oldest surviving El ...

The five day festival is set to run Wednesday through Sunday. The Old Spanish Days Fiesta will begin this Wednesday, July 31, in Santa Barbara. The event is a beloved Santa Barbara tradition that has ...

Musicians at Santa Barbara’s El Paseo during Old Spanish Days Fiesta in 1930. Credit: Karl Obert / Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collection photo [Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up ...