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The social media pages for Santa Barbara-based doggy daycare, Camp Canine, are going viral in the best ways possible.

Celebrate Santa Barbara Channel’s bounty and the fishermen who harvest it at the 19th Annual Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival on Saturday, October 15.

A reader reports a reckless traffic incident on Cathedral Oaks Wednesday afternoon.

The three contenders for the District 1 seat on Santa Barbara Unified's school board on Monday night sparred over whose life experience best qualifies them to help address the seemingly intractable disparity in education achievement between Latino and white students.

Larry Nimmer shares a video interview touring Carpinteria with the 5th District city council candidates.

Here are the Santa Barbara City Council and Advisory Commissions meetings for the week of October 10, 2022

Channelkeeper supporters took to the sea aboard the Condor Express last weekend for the Channelkeeper Sunset Cruise ’22, a festive mini-fundraiser.

Jerry Roberts interviews Rep. Salud Carbajal on his recent "Central Coast Community Project Victory Tour" and accomplishments in Congress.

The University Club was the perfect venue selected by Takako Wakita to present her beautiful and historic Kimono fashion show, featuring many of her own family kimonos and those she has collected through the years.

Celebrate Stearns Wharf 150th birthday with a celebration on Saturday starting from 10:15 a.m. and ending with fireworks in the evening.

The Cold Spring School District, a basic aid, single elementary school district located on Sycamore Canyon Road, may be small in size, but in recent years has encountered a large amount of controversy.

Jerry Roberts details Monday night's forum with ten candidates vying for five seats in two local school districts.

Here are the Santa Barbara City Council and Advisory Commissions meetings for the week of October 3, 2022

[Warning Graphic Photo]: A reader discovered a dead black bear near the southbound Fairview Ave onramp.

The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission held its twenty first annual fundraiser Road Trip to the Bayou Saturday on the scenic private beach of historic Rancho Dos Pueblos.

Coastal Ranches Conservancy served a petition for writ of mandate seeking a Court order requiring California Department of Parks and Recreation to perform long-promised environmental mitigation.

Heal the Ocean has been involved in cleaning up abandoned homeless camps in environmentally sensitive areas because the camps often contain trash and human waste that can end up in the ocean.

The Santa Barbara Zoo announces the retirement of its longtime Zoo Director, Nancy McToldridge, at the end of September.

Court of Appeals Rules that Agencies Must Modify Twitchell Dam Operations to Protect Endangered Fish 

Here are the Santa Barbara City Council and Advisory Commissions meetings for the week of September 26, 2022

A reader noticed a vehicle that appears to be a traffic hazard in Goleta.

Heal the Ocean shares a time-lapse video of a washed up boat getting munched to bits.

After two years of virtual events, Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Heroes of Hospice came back big with their in person awards luncheon, and silent auction honoring local heroes.

Jerry Roberts of Newsmakers writes that seven weeks before the Nov. 8 election, the most consequential and competitive campaign contests in Santa Barbara center on public education.

Global shipping companies recognized for reducing speeds off California coast to protect blue whales and blue skies

An edhat reader captures a photo of another boat that has washed ashore on East Beach.

Santa Barbara Puerto Vallarta Sister Cities Committee Celebrated Mexican Independence Day and National Hispanic Month at an afternoon party on the patio of Casa Garcia.

Here are the Santa Barbara City Council and Advisory Commissions meetings for the week of September 19, 2022

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the return of The Goleta Lemon Festival, presented by Rusty’s Pizza, on September 24 & 25 at Girsh Park in Goleta.

A reader reports an influx of homeless camps in Old Town Goleta and wonders