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Beginning Friday, August 6, Santa Barbara County Public Health is mandating the use of universal face coverings indoors, regardless of vaccination status.

Santa Barbara Police officers successfully resolved a standoff with an armed individual appearing to be suffering from a mental health disorder.

[Update]: A vehicle fire extended to a two-acre brush fire near Los Alamos Tuesday afternoon.

Carpinteria, Goleta, and Southern Santa Barbara County will be served by Central Coast Community Energy beginning this October.

Santa Barbara Police would like to remind the community about some key safety topics during our Fiesta celebration.

Three months before Election Day, challengers Randy Rowse and Deborah Schwartz both are outpacing Santa Barbara Mayor Cathy Murillo in 2021 campaign fundraising, documents show.

Beginning on August 9, the City will be implementing slurry seal treatments on various high priority streets.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department reminds people that children or animals left inside a vehicle can quickly overheat, resulting in devastating injuries, permanent brain damage or death.

A Friday evening DUI checkpoint in Santa Maria netted six arrests.

Santa Barbara City firefighters are on the scene of a vegetation fire in the 600 Block of Wentworth.

A reader wonders if there's a power outage in the More Mesa area.

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum became a Fiesta night to remember for guests who arrived to enjoy the exquisite Project Fiesta exhibition highlighting the history of Fiesta with video, photos, and rare artists renditions.

The Woodies Car Show was back at the beach again on Saturday.

The 2021 WaterWise Garden Recognition Contest launched this spring to recognize beautiful, water-efficient residential gardens throughout Santa Barbara County.

More than 400 completed the City of Goleta's survey on bringing a bike-share pilot program to Goleta.

UC Santa Barbara making progress on planned student housing development in partnership with visionary philanthropist Charlie Munger

The Santa Barbara City Council will consider an ordinance for sidewalk vending during Fiesta weekend.

An edhat reader reports a vehicle rollover near Turnpike around midnight Monday.

One person is injured following a single-vehicle rollover in Solvang on Sunday. 

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police arrested a juvenile for attempted murder after allegedly firing a gun at several victims in the downtown area.

An edhat reader reports seeing bright lights around 8:00 p.m.

CenCal Health has received top marks among the nation’s Medicaid plans for adolescent immunizations and for adolescent weight assessment.

The Goleta Valley Girls Softball Association 12U Girls won the USA SOFTBALL Western Nationals.

People’s Self-Help Housing's Camino Scholars program has published their end-of-year data showing the grades and skill-based improvements from students during the past school year.

Meet Blake, Benson, Bryson, Brody and Bristol, five sibling puppies who are in need of homes.

Meet Sally and Stanley, two playful and loving kittens ready for a home.

Getting a job has enormous benefits for high school students along with impressing the college admissions staff.

Roger reports a victim located their bicycle that was stolen in a burglary.

Carpinteria’s vibrant artist community is both the subject and the beneficiary of a stunning new coffee table book entitled “Small Town Big Art: 100 Artists of Carpinteria.”

A vehicle fire spread to nearby brush off Highway 101 at Los Alamos on Saturday afternoon.