Offshore oil workers sue Plains All American for 2015 Refugio oil spill
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Oil workers and service companies that supported offshore oil rigs along the Santa Barbara County coast filed two lawsuits on…
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Refugio State Beach, five years after oil spill
In past years surfers, swimmers and environmentalists marked the anniversary of the destructive 2015 oil spill off the Gaviota Coast near Refugio…
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Santa Barbara neighborhood wary after weekend mountain lion sightings
The mountain lion was last seen Sunday, but patrols have not been able to locate it since…
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SLO unveils new public art project downtown
The City of San Luis Obispo unveiled an art project in Downtown San Luis Obispo on Monday.…
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Man with megaphone protests soft closure of Hollywood Beach
OXNARD, Calif. Bruce Boyer has been spending his weekends protesting from a beach chair on Hollywood Beach in Ventura County. He used a megaphone…
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City of Santa Barbara urges public to practice physical distancing at Rose Garden
With warm weather and fewer activities available, Mission Historical Park has become quite the spot for people to gather.…
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Lotusland set to reopen with self-guided tours
Deemed an essential Outdoor Recreation space by the County, Ganna Walska Lotusland will reopen to the public on May…
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Santa Barbara’s Public Works Director shares status of City projects
Rebecca Bjork, Public Works Director for the City of Santa Barbara, said a handful of high priority projects already in the pipeline at the beginning…
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Santa Maria High School emergency shelter to shut down
The Santa Maria High school which has been serving as an emergency shelter during the coronavirus pandemic is preparing to shut down by the end of…
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Dignity Health Central Coast: ER doctors seeing 50 percent drop in emergency room visits
Since COVID-19, doctors say they are seeing about a 50 percent drop in emergency…
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Union leader threatens San Luis Obispo with ‘no social distancing’ protest
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A union leader representing So Cal Gas Company employees threatened to bus people to San Luis Obispo where they would not…
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SLO County Air Pollution Control District warns of bad air quality in Oceano Dunes/Nipomo Mesa area
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District advises the public about deteriorating air quality in the Oceano Dunes/Nipomo Mesa area on…
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Santa Barbara Lifeguards helping enforce physical distancing
With large crowds gathered throughout beaches, Santa Barbara City Lifeguards are helping to enforce physical…
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Deputies notice fewer people on Hollywood Beach on Saturday
Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies patrolled Hollywood Beach near Oxnard again on…
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Dead gray whale washes ashore near Ventura
The remains of a large gray whale washed ashore on a stretch of beach between Emma Wood and Solimar in Ventura…
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Cooler weather attracts reduced crowd to Pismo Beach
One week after a big turnout along the Pismo Beach shoreline, on Saturday with temperatures much cooler than last weekend, crowds were noticeably…
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CSUCI seeking surfers for nationwide poll
Beach closures and the threat of more beach closures by Governor Gavin Newsom is putting many Californians on the brink of COVID chaos.…
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Murietta Trail near Ojai finally being repaired after Thomas Fire
Mile by mile, the hiking trails that were ravaged by the Thomas Fire back in 2017 are being restored. The latest repair project will remove…
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Santa Maria Rec and Parks Department sees dramatic improvement in physical distancing at city parks
Santa Maria Recreation and Parks managers say there has been a dramatic improvement in compliance at all city parks since a month…
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Clean up continues after Hurricane force winds take out massive trees
A famous Chase Palm Park tree by the stage came down along with many others on the South Coast during 81 mile-an-hour winds last week. …
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