Classic and retro holiday attire on the racks at a unique Santa Barbara pop-up
Sarah’s Groovy Vintage has a holiday boutique open in Santa Barbara at the former site of the Magic Castle…
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Santa Maria retailers enjoy strong start to holiday shopping season
The holiday shopping season appears to be off to an encouraging start for many Santa Maria businesses, with several in the Town Center mall reporting…
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City of Santa Barbara to launch online business license portal and change renewal system
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The city of Santa Barbara’s Finance Department announced it will launch an online business portal as well as move to a…
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Modifications are underway to the Santa Barbara downtown parklets to open a path for storm water runoff
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The dry weather is giving many downtown Santa Barbara business owners with an outside parklet time to comply with a recent…
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Goleta encourages local business options during the holidays with a specific site for Goodland gift cards
A new gift card site to help businesses in Goleta is available. 40 locations are already posted, more will be…
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Thanksgiving in Solvang: Local restaurants projecting sold out crowds
Thanksgiving in Solvang: Local restaurants projecting sold out…
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Non-profits get a share of $2-million in the annual Montecito Bank & Trust Dividends luncheon
The annual Montecito Bank & Trust Dividends luncheon will kick off Thanksgiving week with donating $1 million to over 200 non-profits in Santa…
Continue ReadingDon’t miss the buzz, catch the latest News Channel 3-12 Morning Team interview with Santa Barbara Hives
Owners of a new local business Santa Barbara Hives visited our News Channel 3-12 Morning Team to give insight on their buzzin’ products.…
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Nipomo Christmas tree farm opens for the holiday season, celebrating its 60th year in business
Holloway’s Christmas Tree Farm in Nipomo opens for the holiday season on Thursday, marking the 60th year the well-known family-owned business in…
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Downtown holiday tree arrives in Santa Barbara to kick off the season
The Santa Barbara Downtown Organization welcomed the annual holiday tree to get a jump start on the upcoming festive season leading up to…
Continue ReadingCruise ship schedule ends in Santa Barbara and a public meeting is scheduled
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The final cruise ship of the year visited Santa Barbara Friday and sailed off at 6 p.m. to end the 2022 schedule. There were…
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Heavy rain Tuesday doesn’t make up for the months of drought
Drivers found many swamped streets in Santa Barbara’s intense storm Tuesday. Hail fell in the…
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New urgent care set to open in Montecito this week
MONTECITO, Calif. – It’s the first Cottage Urgent Care in the Montecito area.“We are on the corner of Coast Village Road and Olive Mill Inside…
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UC academic workers union votes in favor of strike authorization
Student and academic workers across the University of California system are prepared to go on…
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Nonprofit organization continues long-time partnership with Santa Barbara Unified School District to help students afford college
The Santa Barbara California Student Opportunities and Access Program (Cal-SOAP), and the Santa Barbara Unified School District are continuing its…
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Community outreach underway to create a new look for State Street in downtown Santa Barbara
The State Street outreach will continue this week with two workshops. Public comments will be used to design the future of the downtown shopping and…
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Arroyo Grande merchants form new group to create more community events, including reimagined Strawberry Festival
A group of Arroyo Grande businesswomen have formed a new non-profit organization with the goal of creating more community events in the city,…
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Local economic development organizations receive $5 million grant for Central Coast counties
Uplift Central Coast Coalition announced Thursday that it received a $5 million grant to help plan equitable and sustainable economic development for…
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Parklet timeline extended to make changes on Coast Village Road in Santa Barbara
The deadline has arrived for Coast Village Road parklets to be reduced to two parking spaces.
This change is to create more parking…
Plans announced for massive new rental-only Santa Maria housing development
Plans were announced Thursday to build “Blosser Ranch,” a massive new rental-only housing development, located along Blosser Road, in between Battles…
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