In a resolution proclaiming May 2025 as “Search and Rescue Month”, the Board of Supervisors commended the Santa Barbara ...

The county’s Public Health director and officer respond to a Grand Jury report on department’s level of preparedness.

The Santa Barbara Symphony Youth Ensembles Program is a longtime community staple that inspires 100 musicians in grades 3 ...

Chuck Flacks, representing the City of Goleta and Ellwood Friends, said it was a beautiful event. “We are so pleased with the ...

One close observer of the petroleum industry, Megan Biven, agrees. “If something were to happen to Sable Offshore, the ...

Daniel Protheroe was a beloved local recording engineer in Santa Barbara for decades, and he was the love of my ...

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Sable Offshore oil company marked the tenth anniversary of the May 19, 2015 Refugio Oil Spill — which famously has shut down ...

Dos Pueblos High School confirms three teenage students were among the victims in the fatal May 18 collision on Highway 1.

The Department of Public Works is responsible for a wide range of services and projects. The City of Goleta owns over 100 parcels; many of the properties are parks and open spaces with a total area of ...

The local Quilt Guild, Coastal Quilters of Santa Barbara and Goleta , donates quilts to a program called Fostering Friends. The program, through The Assistance League of Santa Barbara, currently aids ...

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