Santa Barbara Botanic Garden announces beginning of Fall Planting season
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden announced it will kick off fall planting season starting Friday.…
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Vandenberg Space Force Base announces planned burns
Two planned burns will take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the coming months in order to reduce the risk of…
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Huge wind turbine parts continue to move through Lompoc streets
Massive parts to a wind farm now under construction near Lompoc continue to move city streets, a spectacle generating excitement and wonder among…
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SB County holds hearings on ExxonMobil’s offshore oil trucking plan
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission is holding online public hearings today and Friday on ExxonMobil’s proposal to transport oil by tanker…
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Lompoc adding two electric car charging stations
Two new electric car charging stations coming to Lompoc in…
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Vandenberg reopens all beaches
The beaches are now open fully with boundary fences and signs…
Continue ReadingDrive Electric Week pulls into Goleta
It helped kick off National Drive Electric Week and Goleta EZ Bike Demo…
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Volunteers clean up Santa Barbara’s Eastside
A total of 40 bags of trash were filled up during the…
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Large wind turbine blade transported through the streets of Lompoc
The 220-foot-long blade is the first of 87 that will be delivered along city streets to an active wind farm construction site in Santa Barbara…
Continue ReadingSanta Barbara County hospitals weigh in on FDA’s authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine booster dose
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Santa Barbara County hospitals are weighing in on the FDA’s announcement to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine booster…
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SLO County completes investigation into waste management authority, one employee facing charges
The DA’s office said it plans to prosecute these…
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Rocket launch scheduled at Vandenberg Space Force Base next week
The ULA Atlas V carrying the Landsat 9 will launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday.…
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Trucks that will carry giant wind turbines to Lompoc conduct morning test drive
When completed, about 30 of the turbines will be at the site off Miguelito Canyon…
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Foxen Winery: Crops remain safe from California wildfire smoke
As vineyards begin harvesting grapes, a local vineyard near Santa Maria says growth has been…
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9 Western Snowy Plovers introduced to Santa Barbara’s Coal Oil Point Reserve
Santa Barbara and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, released nine Western Snowy Plover chicks at the Coal Oil Point…
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Lompoc Unified students receive hands-on learning about renewable energy
Lompoc Unified School District got an educational donation from Primo Energy on Monday.…
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Santa Maria volunteers come together to clean up parks, neighborhoods, churches
Serve Santa Maria was started in 2009 by Pastor Carl Nielsen after he took a group of young people to New Orleans to help restore the community after…
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Santa Barbara volunteers back in-person for this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day
This year’s cleanup day also kicks off the county’s…
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Ventura County agencies, students team up to clear trash from Ojai river bottom
Several Ventura County agencies teamed up with volunteers and students on Friday to clean out trash from the river bottom under Old Baldwin Road…
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New hydration stations installed in Santa Barbara parks to reduce the use of plastics
The Community Environmental Council has announced two new hydration stations at Santa Barbara parks. Passersbys can fill their bottles and reduce…
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