West of Santa Barbara is a remnant of old California: Hollister Ranch. The 14,500 acres of hilly grassland, coastal sage scrub and secluded beaches look much like they did two centuries ago under ...

Property owners for decades have fought to keep Hollister Ranch largely to themselves — and earlier this year it seemed they had won. But mounting public outrage has fueled multiple new efforts to ...

Property owners at 14,500-acre Hollister Ranch on the remote coast west of Santa Barbara are back in court, seeking to prevent nonresidents from accessing the beach from the steep blufftops and ...

The 105-acre property has two homes, a flower farm, horse pasture, barn and 800 feet of ocean bluff. (Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties) Southern California holds scores of ...

Coastal officials knew decades ago it would take money to open Hollister Ranch to the public. So they entrusted Santa Barbara County with $1 million to someday be spent on land acquisition, trails and ...

Unresolved disputes are keeping the beaches of Hollister Ranch closed to the public indefinitely. (Mike Eliason photo) A decades-long effort to provide public access to Hollister Ranch beaches will ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A new chapter was reached in the decades-long legal battle over Hollister Ranch and its 8-mile coastline. The public is one step closer to having access to the private ...

About 35 miles west of Santa Barbara, down an unmarked road off a remote stretch of Highway 101, and past the guard-gated entrance of The Hollister Ranch, an architect-designed one-bedroom bungalow ...

Hollister Ranch has been in the news again. This time it’s AB 1680, a bill awaiting the governor’s consideration for signature. The tale spun is the will of the people thwarted by rich landowners.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Edward Junior Macklin, 30, has been charged with a felony count of arson for a brush fire that grew to at least 100 acres near Hollister Ranch on March 12, 2022, ...

I was born and spent 37 wonderful years in Santa Barbara and now have lived in Australia for over 30 years. With the exception of the past two pandemic years, I have traveled back to Santa Barbara ...