Outdoors Archives - Santa Barbara News-Press

Luis Muñoz transforms bodies, lives through fitness on Santa Barbara’s waterfront

by Aston Smith • Special for the News-Press March 25, 2026

A man in jeans and a blur sweater surrounded by dense shrubbery.

Ray Ford: A gift in the chaparral

by Ray Ford March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

A rattlesnake faces the camera

Ray Ford: Into the chaparral

by Ray Ford March 23, 2026March 24, 2026

On the trail: Inside the Playground

by Ray Ford March 17, 2026March 17, 2026

Ray Ford: How ‘the Playground’ got its name

by Ray Ford March 15, 2026March 15, 2026

Ray Ford: Canyon highs and warm afternoons

by Ray Ford March 8, 2026March 15, 2026

A boy sits atop a tractor.

Ray Ford: Lessons from the farm

by Ray Ford March 1, 2026March 15, 2026