The South Coast Beacon, Santa Barbara County's most dynamic community
newspaper, was founded in June 2002 to deliver Writing Worth Reading to
sophisticated and discriminating readers hungry for in-depth local reporting. In 2004, in its first year of eligibility, the Beacon was awarded First Place for General Excellence by the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

Each Thursday, 20,000 copies of the Beacon are distributed by direct mail and newsstands in the communities of Santa
Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, Hope Ranch, Summerland, Carpinteria and the
Santa Ynez Valley.

The South Coast Beacon.
Coverage you can count on;
A community you recognize.

There's a lot more to the Beacon than you think. A peek inside the windows will reveal our dedicated employees, diligently but cheerfully reporting about life on the South Coast.