The public waits to see if the limited order will ground their December plans
Restaurant business will be curtailed to just to-go orders if new COVID-19 restrictions kick in for the next three…
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Los Padres National Forest newly staffed with third Interagency Hotshot Crew
Los Padres National Forest heads into the 2021 fire season with a third Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) after the Ventana Hand Crew successfully…
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Santa Barbara metal artisan weighs in on mysteries of metal monoliths
The recent appearance (and reported disappearance and apparent vandalism) of a metal monolith in San Luis Obispo County has local artisans hammering…
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Book Review: Santa Barbara geologist describes history of drought, flood on the South Coast
Mike Hoover, a Santa Barbara geologist, wants to remind us of the Medieval Drought, the epic dry period that held California and the West in its grip…
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Ortega Park murals under evaluation ahead of massive redesign project
Redesign plans for Ortega Park put a bullseye on part of Santa Barbara’s…
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Mysterious monolith appears in San Luis Obispo County
The metal monument is located at the top of a roughly two-mile hike.…
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Unusual behavior by lone dolphin worries passersby at the Santa Barbara Harbor
The behavior of a common dolphin is worrying passersby at the Santa Barbara…
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Santa Maria’s Russell Park to reopen with improvements
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal and state grant money was used to complete the…
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CoastHills Credit Union Delivers $10,500 to local causes on Giving Tuesday
CoastHills donated $3,000 to the Allan Hancock College Student Emergency Fund and $2,500 to San Luis Obispo Food Bank. The Credit Union’s Giving…
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WEV’s online shopping market makes it easy to support small businesses
The Women’s Economic Ventures annual celebration of small business is launching a Virtual Shop Local Market to safely bring shoppers to local small…
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Marketplace pops up at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Over the next four weekends, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will host a series of pop-up shops in its…
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Pandemic doesn’t deter Christmas tree shopping in Santa Barbara
For many families, the weekend after Thanksgiving is the perfect time to pick a Christmas…
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A break from the mad rush as the holiday shopping season begins
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The elbows-out approach to holiday shopping will be much different this year with COVID-19 rules in place and many people…
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Frontline workers share what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving
Despite a difficult year, many people still have something to be thankful…
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SBUSD Superintendent Maldonado: ‘Think about the children’
Two colors recently cast a grey cloud over the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD): orange and purple.Educators spent long hours working…
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Broken boat on Montecito shoreline cleaned up after sending debris into ocean
Debris from a broken boat during high tides recently created a safety hazard in Montecito. A cleanup has been coordinated through Marborg…
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Pianos on State Street appear virtually with multiple Santa Barbara performances
The 2020 version of Pianos on State Street is virtual from multiple venues in Santa…
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Near miss involving child prompts Ventura police to issue road safety message
Ventura Police posted a video clip Tuesday on their Twitter account showing a “near miss” in a crosswalk at a busy…
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Goleta school district partners with Foodbank, UCSB to feed families through ‘Gobble Giveaway’
Just like lines at food drives, the COVID-19 pandemic keeps stretching…
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Unity Shoppe loses founder Barbara Tellefson weeks before annual telethon
The Santa Barbara community lost one of its matriarchs over the weekend. Barbara Tellefson, President and Director of Operations of the Unity Shoppe,…
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