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Hundreds showed up to the Walk for a Cure for Arthritis at Santa Barbara City College on Saturday.

An edhat reader reports a DUI checkpoint at Chapala and Pedregosa Streets.

Mandi de Witte, a biology and environmental science teacher at Carpinteria High School, has been named the 2019 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year.

An edhat reader reports a mountain lion sighting at Parma Park.

Edhat's Publisher chatted with Laura Capps, Nick Welsh, and Jerry Roberts on Newsmakers TV about online comments and local news.

Max shares photos of a full moon over Santa Barbara before landing at the airport.

World Business Academy and Clean Coalition collaborating with local leaders to build a modern energy system that provides renewables-driven resilience and emergency preparedness for Montecito.

Santa Barbara Zoo's "Wild Things" photo contest has announced their top three winners now on display at the Volentine Gallery.

Aniela Hoffman, a music teacher at Arellanes Junior High School, has been named the 2019 Santa Barbara Bowl Performing Arts Teacher of the Year for Santa Barbara County.

Over 300 people registered to join in for the mouth-watering celebration of chocolate and wine at Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center’s 10th Annual Chocolate de Vine fundraiser on Saturday.

The Las Aletas Auxiliary donated $5,000 to the Goleta Library to purchase popular, contemporary large print books for the library's patrons. 

The United Boys & Girls Club held a successful Corks for Kids fundraiser last Friday to support their new Buellton location.

Santa Barbara Unified School District seeks qualified, interested individuals to serve on the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee.

An edhat reader reports another local scam, this one related to Craigslist.

An edhat reader reports an adhoc advisory committee was created to help find a new principal for San Marcos High School.

[Update]: Family members have safely located an elderly man with dementia who went missing Carpinteria on Wednesday evening.

Sen. Jackson legislation to create an opt-out emergency alert system is headed to the Senate Floor after it unanimously passed the Senate Governmental Organization Committee.

An edhat reader sent in a Facebook video that shows a group of young people allegedly vandalizing a wall at Franklin Elementary School.

Signs pop up on the Westside supporting the grassroots forum to ask questions of the 3rd District Santa Barbara City Council candidates.

A grand opening celebration took place last week for Jardin de las Rosas, an affordable rental housing project in Santa Barbara.

Pacific Pride Foundation’s Youth Connect Conference and PROUD Prom hosted more than 200 youth from the Central and South coasts on Saturday, April 14.

Junior League of Santa Barbara honors DA Joyce E. Dudley and raises over $85,000 at 10th Annual Gala for S.A.F.E. House Santa Barbara.

The Carousel House in Chase Palm Park, formerly home to a historic carousel, will reopen for public use this month.

It was a vintage cocktail and black-tie at the 32nd Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 2018 Twistin' at The Ritz Amethyst Ball at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.

Is there a rescue happening at the Point Sal Dunes in Guadalupe?

Los Padres ForestWatch and the Center for Biological Diversity appealed the Trump administration’s approval of a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Forbes recently ranked UC Santa Barbara number 11 on their list of “America’s Best Value Colleges.”

The romaine lettuce recall has reached California with a report of one person falling ill.

While there are more flower varieties blooming than there were two weeks ago, there aren't as many as in other years.

In recognition of their bravery during the Thomas Fire, Sen Hannah-Beth Jackson will honor women first responders from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties as the Women of the Year.