Long before Spanish missionaries arrived, the Santa Barbara coast was home to one of North America’s most complex indigenous civilizations: the Chumash.

The California coast is rich with both modern and historic value, a landmark close to home known as The Mission Santa Barbara ...

Native American tribes including my ancestors in the Chumash Tribe, as well as the Tongva, Tataviam, Fernandeno, and other Indigenous tribes, peacefully inhabited the region we now know as Los ...

There are rumors that some rugged individualists still dig in the hills or pan for gold in the small springs and rivers, ...