Local News

An edhat reader asks for help to reduce foxtails at the Douglas Preserve that are dangerous to dogs.

Watch the candidates debate local issues as they compete for the 37th Assembly District seat.

The Santa Barbara Ice Hawks brought home two Championship Banners and a Silver Medal at from a recent hockey tournament.

An edhat reader reports an incident with a woman carrying a knife at CVS on Upper State Street.

The Montecito Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency is holding a public meeting on February 24.

A new program aims to make Isla Vista the first carbon-neutral community by 2025.

Pier 1 Imports has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is closing 450 stores, including the location in Goleta.

Three veteran political consultants are operating the independent expenditure committee on behalf of Das Williams that is now attacking Laura Capps in the mail and on radio.

KEYT reporter John Palminteri has gone viral in local channels for pushing a photobombing selfie taker out of his live camera shot.

An edhat reader reports a man was harassing bicyclists on Patterson Ave at the Obern Trail crossing.

Antique prints and the prophetic words of 18th and 19th-century naturalists tell the stories of vanished birds in a new exhibit from Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s John and Peggy Maximus Gallery. 

An edhat reader reports the Superintendent of the Los Olivos School District has resigned.

An edhat reader reports a new housing development is planned for Noleta on Hollister Ave.

[Update]: The National Weather Service has renewed its extreme cold-related warning for multiple areas throughout the County until Wednesday morning.

Did anyone else see the photo of local first responders in the Verizon Super Bowl ad?

An edhat reader shares photos of slackliners near Gibraltar Road this past weekend.

An edhat reader reminds locals of a post office service to make sure they receive their voting ballots.

The Castilian Technical Center in Goleta, which includes a three-building campus off Hollister Ave, was purchased for over $35 million.

The Santa Barbara County Education Office and the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara announced Nathan Baskett as the recipient of the Teacher Recognition Award for the winter quarter.

An edhat reader reports a medical emergency at Hendry's Beach on Friday afternoon.

During the week of February 10, 2019, exploratory excavation work will begin on oil wells leaking onto Summerland Beach, as part of the planning for capping up to three more wells on and off the beach.

The Santa Barbara Humane Society has formally adopted Socially Conscious Sheltering to define its values and approach to animal welfare.

The Fund for Santa Barbara issued a grant to the Environmental Defense Center to prevent the potential tripling of onshore oil production in Santa Barbara County.

Santa Barbara County Search & Rescue teams assisted with a sledding accident while training at Mt. Pinos. 

An edhat reader alerts Santa Ynez residents that an emergency response drill is taking place at Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital.

The Gaviota Coast Conservancy has filed a complaint concerning unpermitted and illegal disking of 300 acres of Santa Barbara Ranch, aka Naples.

An edhat reader shares photos from a protest at UC Santa Barbara on Monday.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History hosted its Leadership Circles of Giving Dinner on Thursday, January 16 in the beautifully renovated Fleischmann Auditorium.

Santa Barbara County Voter Information Guides are currently being mailed to all registered voters who should start seeing them in their mailboxes in the next few days.

A local biologist talks about the importance of keeping our waterways clean for wildlife.