Santa Barbara City Firefighters using new backpacks to help save lives
The Santa Barbara City Fire Department was recently awarded a $15,000 grant from the California Fire Foundation and…
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Santa Barbara to comment on oil transportation hearings ahead
A plan to move oil by tankers along the Gaviota coast will be reviewed by Santa Barbara City leaders…
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Forest officials warn of cliff jumping dangers at Red Rock
Without as much to do thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic causing event cancellations and business closures, many people are heading up the mountains…
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Cannabis Compliance detectives remove 4,000 illegal marijuana plants west of New Cuyama
Detectives with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Cannabis Compliance Team eradicated about 4,000 illegal marijuana plants while serving a…
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Doctors seeing more coronavirus patients who may have gotten sick from large social gatherings
Doctors with the Marian Regional Medical Center are seeing plastic shields that are trending during the COVID-19…
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Goats return to Santa Barbara retirement community
The Valle Verde retirement community is welcoming some four-legged friends. The animals from ‘805 Goats’ will be spending the next week having a…
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Popular Santa Maria park vandalized
Over the weekend parts of the Centennial Rotary Park were found ripped up including trails, landscaping, and the sports…
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Fearless Grandmothers host shoe strike to protest climate change
The Society of Fearless Grandmothers Santa Barbara sponsored a shoe strike for climate justice outside the County Administration Building on Anapamu…
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Santa Barbara staying active outdoors throughout COVID-19 pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic persists, many people are doing their best to stay active for mental and physical…
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Country Oaks Care Center gets ‘green light’ to reopen hair salon outdoors
The Country Oaks Care Center has the green light to reopen its haircutting salon…
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CASA of Santa Barbara County: Child abuse cases rise during COVID-19
The organization is calling it an “urgent crisis in our community” as children are not in school, isolated at home, and direct services are…
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Santa Maria Paul Nelson Aquatics Center reopens with a splash
The Santa Maria’s Paul Nelson Aquatics Center will reopening…
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Companies agree to pay $1.6 million for 2016 Ventura oil spill
The two companies responsible for a June 2016 crude oil spill in Ventura will pay a combined $1.6 million settlement.…
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SCE urges Santa Barbara, Ventura county customers to have a plan ahead of potential power shutoffs
More local residents are quietly tossing around ‘PSPS’ during the COVID-19 pandemic; that’s code for Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Public Safety…
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Temporary bridge finished in mudflow zone of Montecito
The temporary bridge over the mudflow damaged section of East Mountain Drive in Montecito is now in and open.…
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GALLERY: Local photographers share photos of comet NEOWISE
Local photographer Fritz Olenberger sent us this photo. He took it from Hope Ranch Wednesday night at 9:43…
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SCE offers free trimming service to homeowners near power lines
The SCE power company has a program — and a special message — for people with trees, hedges and brush near its equipment: it will trim trees near…
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Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is on track for its busiest year ever
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network anticipates that 2020 will set the record for its highest intake…
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City of Goleta addresses concerns over recent homeless encampment fires
City leaders in Goleta are responding to the community’s concerns about two vegetation fires that broke out in the last two…
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Interactive map collects public input on trail project connecting Buellton and Solvang
here’s now an interactive way for the public to give their input on a multimodal trail project to connect Buellton and…
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