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Best-selling author has featured the Santa Barbara Zoo in a new book on the key roles the zoo played in the California Condor Recovery Program.

An edhat reader shares photos of severe social distancing near Gibraltar Rock.

An edhat reader reports a group of residents is protesting the removal of drive-through post office boxes on Patterson Ave.

An edhat reader reports the drive-up mailboxes at the USPS branch on Patterson have been removed.

An edhat reader reports the 109m superyacht Bravo Eugenia has cruised into the Santa Barbara Harbor.

Chumash tribes, local businesses, organizations, and elected officials join thousands of community members speaking out against a logging project near Pine Mountain Ridge.

An edhat reader wonders where Santa Barbara High is welcoming their students back to.

The City of Santa Barbara will discuss the renaming of two streets within the city limits.

The Family Service Agency’s Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program has merged with the School-Based Mentoring Program at the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

An edhat reader reports Bossie, the iconic Milpas cow, has been vandalized.

An edhat reader reports the Santa Barbara Unified School District saved $7.8 million.

An edhat reader reports a large tree was removed from Franklin Elementary School.

Santa Barbara County has released the final environmental impact report on ExxonMobil’s proposal to transport oil by tanker trucks so it can restart three drilling platforms off California, setting up a vote on the project.

Local nonprofit, Santa Barbara's Common Table, has launched a new video series interviewing community residents.

An edhat reader reports the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on the corner of De La Vina and State Street is permanently closed.

[Update]: Heal the Ocean has verified locations where you can recycle single-use plastic bags.

An edhat reader reports a homeless encampment fire on the Westside Saturday night.

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce is announcing the official reopening of the State Street Visitors Center located at 120 State Street.

The Santa Barbara Zoo is deeply saddened to share the loss of a female Masai giraffe calf born on Tuesday, July 21.

Local Santa Barbara chapter of Habitat for Humanity deepens focus on affordable housing and safe homes; ReStore retail store closes as a result of pandemic-related economic impacts.

An edhat reader reports a planned power outage on Friday for a section of the Mesa area.

An online petition created by the Tribal Trust Foundation is urging the Santa Barbara City Council to rename "Indio Muerto Street."

A federal judge reinstated the Bureau of Land Management’s 2016 methane waste rule, aimed at protecting people and the climate from methane waste and pollution from oil and gas extraction on public lands.

An edhat reader shares a photo of an inventive way to socially distance at the park.

The Santa Barbara Chapter of the American Institute of Architects is asking the community to participate in a survey on the State Street Promenade.

Jerry Roberts interviews Santa Barbara Unified School Board member Kate Ford on distance learning for local students.

An edhat reader reports flyers are posted throughout the Westside urging residents to support the change of San Andres Street to Calle Dolores Huerta.

Supervisor Das Williams charged on Monday that the Santa Barbara Grand Jury displayed "a remarkable lack of knowledge" in its blistering report about the origin and operations of the county's controversial cannabis ordinance.

The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara has opened the “The Gardens on Hope,” a service-enhanced, independent-living senior housing facility, offering 89 critically needed affordable housing units.

An edhat reader warns hikers about vehicle burglaries near hiking trails.