Rally cry urges administration to keep immigrant families together
One of the largest “Keep Families Together” rallies took place in Ventura on the last day of June. By 2:30 p.m.protestors lined Victoria…
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Fire crews contain Ranch Fire near Nipomo
Fire crews have contained a vegetation fire near Nipomo Saturday afternoon. CAL Fire San Luis Obispo responded to a vegetation fire near 280 Phelan…
Continue ReadingSecond fire sparked adjacent to Friday’s Harbor Fire in Ventura
UPDATE 2: The Ventura City Fire has contained a second fire that burned adjacent to the burn area in Friday’s Harbor Fire in Ventura. Fire…
Continue ReadingCrews contain fire near State Beaches in Ventura
UPDATE Fire Crews have contained a vegetation fire near the State Beaches in Ventura on Highway 101. Firefighters contained the fire to less than 2…
Continue ReadingLocal organizations target San Ysidro Creek Preserve for cleanup
Local non-profits are hard at work cleaning up 44-acres of open space in Montecito. The San Ysidro Creek Preserve that runs through the Ennisbrook…
Continue ReadingFelony Charges filed against Jonathan Davis for recent child molestation incidents
UPDATE: The San Luis Obispo Police Department says they have received another report of Jonathan Davis touching an underage girl. The San Luis Obispo…
Continue ReadingThree gang members with firearms arrested in Oxnard
A citizen’s report led to the arrest of three gang members with firearms in Oxnard Friday afternoon. Oxnard Police responded to the area of…
Continue ReadingSheared power pole closes part of Highway 192
Highway 192 in Montecito is closed between El Bosque and Hodges Lane for the next 24 hours due to an early morning traffic collision. Around 5:25…
Continue ReadingForesters shutout Packers to make it 19 wins in 20 games
Jackson Wolf pitched six shutout innings allowing just two hits while striking out 10 as the Santa Barbara Foresters blanked the Santa Maria Packers…
Continue ReadingFormer Gaucho soccer star has set a big goal of helping children in Ghana
Fifi Baiden is a success story but now he is giving back to make sure others can achieve great feats. The former UCSB soccer star has his own…
Continue ReadingSanta Barbara judge finds Nicolas Holzer ‘not insane’ in murder trial
(UPDATE) Closing arguments wrapped up Friday in the sanity portion of Nicolas Holzer’s trial. Holzer had already been found guilty of murdering…
Continue ReadingTask Force developed to revitalize State Street
Close to 30 storefront vacancies, problems with permitting and addressing the homeless. These are just some of the issues impacting state street.…
Continue ReadingCentral Coast newspapers react to Capital Gazette shooting
Despite the digital age, you can still pick up local newspapers at grocery stores across Santa Maria. For The Sun Managing Editor Joe Payne, working…
Continue ReadingCalifornia voters to decide on cage-free egg initiative this November
​​​​​California voters will decide on a cage-free egg initiative at the ballot box this coming November. The vote will come nine years…
Continue ReadingTwo people robbed at knife-point on Gibraltar Road, Santa Barbara County
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that occurred just before 6 a.m. Friday in the 3300 block of Gibraltar…
Continue ReadingFirefighters contain Windy Fire that closed part of Highway 154
–UPDATE– The Windy Fire scorched approximately half an acre before firefighters stopped the fire’s forward rate of spread at about…
Continue ReadingTwo separate incidents bring heavy police presence to Goleta Valley neighborhood
Numerous deputies converged in the area of Turnpike Road and Hollister Avenue, an unincorporated part of Santa Barbara County, Friday afternoon on…
Continue ReadingSheriff’s Office warns residents of extortion scam claiming to damage one’s reputation
Authorities have seen a rise in a common extortion scam in Santa Barbara County and now they’re warning residents to be careful. The scam…
Continue ReadingFriends of former SBCC student outraged after his body is discovered in Goleta
Brenden Lewis’ body was found last Friday down an embankment in Goleta. The 24-year-old was a former Santa Barbara City College student.…
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NATIONAL TRAILS DAY | MANNING PARK, MONTECITO | SATURDAY 8AM – 2PMRecognize National Trails Day by helping clean up and restore some of our…
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