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[Update]: A Carpinteria man suffered serious injuries following an explosion at his home on Thursday evening.

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a spill at an oil facility in Cat Canyon on Friday afternoon.

Santa Barbara County firefighters rescued a woman who fractured her leg after jumping into water at Red Rock on Thursday evening.

Santa Barbara Police are seeking a suspect who brandished a gun at Los Agaves on N. Milpas Street on Thursday.

Sur La Table at 821 State Street is going out of business after the chain store files for bankruptcy.

A collection of city, county, and Caltrans officials gathered Thursday morning in Carpinteria to announce the opening of the Linden Avenue overpass.

The new Grand Jury report chronicling the origin of Santa Barbara County’s contentious cannabis law documents for the historic record a disgraceful political process teeming with influence peddling, secrecy and sleaze.

The City of Santa Barbara has released a draft report on a Civilian Police Review Systems that is available for public review and comment.

[Update]: A Santa Barbara Police Officer and K9 were injured in a vehicle collision on De La Vina Saturday evening.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters were able to save a house after the use of fireworks caused an attached carport on fire Saturday evening.

A motorist was helicoptered to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after being ejected from a vehicle collision early Saturday morning.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters extinguished a brush fire associated with a vehicle rollover near Los Alamos on Friday evening.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire on both sides of Highway 101 near Fairview Ave in Goleta.

[Update]: A motorcycle police officer was injured in a traffic collision near Alamar and Foothill Road on Thursday.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police arrested a 61-year-old man for suspected assault with a deadly weapon and mayhem.

Signing off on a historic deal with its wealthiest – and thirstiest – neighbor, the Santa Barbara City Council this week voted 6-0 to ship a supply of the city’s drinking water to Montecito every year for the next 50 years, rain or shine.

Local rescue teams performed an ocean rescue off the coast of Montecito Tuesday evening but could not find the reported raft of juveniles.

Governor Newsom has ordered the closure of indoor operations such as dine-in restaurants, for 19 counties including Santa Barbara and Ventura.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a one-acre fire near Dos Pueblos Ranch on Tuesday afternoon.

The accused serial killer, rapist, and former police officer, known as the Golden State Killer, pleaded guilty Monday to 13 counts of first-degree murder. 

The Montecito community will pay off $33 million of the Santa Barbara City's $72 million desalination plant, making it a regional venture.

[Update]: A Santa Maria man died following a motorcycle collision in Santa Maria on Thursday evening.

[Update]: Sheriff's Deputies arrested four vehicle theft suspects early Thursday morning near Tucker's Grove park. 

The Santa Barbara Unified School District's Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution put forth by Black Student Youth in Santa Barbara on Tuesday.

The Santa Barbara City Council passed its fiscal year budget and declared racism a Public Health Emergency on Tuesday evening.

A local resident recently had his credit card stolen and was able to follow the charges and track down the thief to see him arrested in Montecito.

Montecito's “Water Security Team” is set to raise rates to buy an expensive yearly supply from Santa Barbara through 2071.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County firefighters are assisting with a 2-3 acre brush fire off Happy Canyon Road in Santa Ynez.

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office has filed felony sexual assault charges against Hollywood Producer David Guillod.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has identified motorcyclist died in a vehicle collision on Foxen Canyon Road early Thursday evening.