The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's race pits incumbent Bill Brown against challenger and current deputy Lieutenant Juan Camarena. We interviewed both candidates separately and asked them the same set of questions. … Continue Reading
High fire season will bring a full brush response including aircraft for a vegetation fire of any size. A new Firehawk helicopter has just been added to the fleet.… Continue Reading
The State of the Schools message in Santa Barbara focused post-pandemic on solutions going forward.
Students were among the speakers.… Continue Reading
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A video of a local Santa Barbara mayoral debate from August 2021 won a national award for Best Virtual Event video in the Hometown Media national contest.… Continue Reading
Sheep and goats are actively being used for fire prevention projects.
They get in to areas that are often difficult for crews or full of poison oak.… Continue Reading
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Works department meet and greet is taking place. That will give the public a chance to talk about everything including roads, sidewalks, signals and signs.… Continue Reading
OXNARD, Calif.-A death in the family inspired Oxnard Mayor John Zaragoza to write a letter to the editor about fentanyl. The mayor's letter was recently published in the Ventura County Star. "In fact, I just lost a nephew who lives up in the Madera, Merced area and fentanyl is an opiate that is really devastating… Continue Reading
Santa Barbara residents and local partners took to the De La Guerra Plaza to rally for Planned Parenthood's "Bans Off Our Bodies" day of action protests on Saturday, May 14.… Continue Reading
Efforts to clean homeless camps and have both city and county collaboration on the effort in Santa Barbara have brought top leaders to a site in person.… Continue Reading
We continue our in-depth look at the candidates on the upcoming June Election. The Santa Barbara County Clerk, Assessor, Recorders race pits incumbent Joe Holland against challenger Elrawd MacLearn.… Continue Reading
Santa Barbara County employees who did not get COVID shots have had to get regular tests. That requirement began last summer and is now ending. … Continue Reading
AMR is the ambulance service for Santa Barbara County but that could be changing. Other services will be reviewed in the coming months.… Continue Reading