Barney was covering political races when we met, as I was volunteering on a number of them shortly after I moved to Santa Barbara in the early 1970s. I am lucky enough to say that our friendship ...

Ayo Edebiri, fresh off her Emmy win, has taken control of the purple dinosaur’s future as both screenwriter and potential lead in the upcoming live-action Barney movie. The 28-year-old star’s ...

Miles Barney “Uncle Barney” Echols, 92, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. Born on February 4, 1933, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he lived a long and fulfilling life marked ...

Barney Brantingham, a great journalist who embodied Santa Barbara the way Mike Royko did Chicago, Jimmy Breslin New York, and Herb Caen San Francisco, died last week, his family announced Monday. He ...

Following the success of 2023’s Barbie, another beloved childhood character is coming to life on the big screen. A live-action movie based on the children’s series Barney & Friends is currently in the ...