Dec. 5 At Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Luis Carlos Abregu, Argentina, vs. David Estrada, Chicago, 10, welterweights. Dec. 6 At Nottingham, England, Carl Froch, Britain, vs. Jean Pascal, Canada, 12, for the vacant WBC super ...

EliteXC bantamweight (140 pounds) champion Wilson Reis is expected to sign a contract with the Bellator Fighting Championships, FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned. Reis’ agent, Matt Stansell of North County Fight Club Fight Management, told Five ...

NEW YORK - The hard-hitting South American welterweight champion has an unblemished record (24-0), a knockout percentage of nearly 90 percent (21 of 24) and a world top-10 ranking (World Boxing Council/WBC No. 7). So is Luis Carlos Abregu a ...

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians held an invitation-only dinner for 500 guests on Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Samala Showroom of their casino in Santa Ynez. Tribal Chairman Vincent Armenta began the ...

With Halloween just celebrated, People Helping People is turning its attention to preparations for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. PHP, which coordinates Santa Ynez Valley-wide programs at Thanksgiving and Christmas, is already busy planning ...

KC & The Sunshine Band will perform Jan. 24 at the Chumash Casino Resort. / Contributed Get ready to “Shake Your Booty” and sing “That’s the Way I Like It” when KC & The Sunshine Band perform in the Samala Showroom of the Chumash Casino ...

The 3rd District of Santa Barbara County has a little something for everyone. From the growing City of Goleta and the college town of Isla Vista on the coast to the other side of the mountains, where the rolling hills of the Santa Ynez Valley wine ...

Nick Casal has dropped two of his last three fights, but you could never tell by talking to the brash 22 year old from Niagara Falls. “Those couple losses didn’t hurt that much,” he said via telephone this past week from his training facility ...

Domaine Serene vineyards in Dayton was founded by Ken and Grace Evenstad, who arrived in Oregon in 1989 and invested millions in making and promoting their estate-grown pinot noirs and chardonnays. Los Angeles Times photo by Christopher Reynolds ...