Public News

The Montecito Fire Department has released a DRAFT report: “A Retrospective Study of Montecito Fire Protection District’s Wildland Fire Program during the 2017 Thomas Fire”

The City of Santa Barbara received $2.33 million in transient occupancy tax (TOT) for the month of August 2018, which is 9.2 percent above August 2017 collections.

Santa Barbara Unified School District celebrates the completion of a bond-funded project with a ribbon cutting at Harding University Partnership School.

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara will begin accepting applications for the 2019-2020 academic year on Monday, October 15.

Gov. Brown has signed two of Sen. Jackson's #MeToo bills that aim to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.

The Goleta Sanitary District was awarded the Platinum Level District of Distinction accreditation from the Special District Leadership Foundation of the California Special District Association on Wednesday, September 26, 2018.

Santa Barbara Sheriff's Bomb Squad successfully evacuated a potentially live World War II grenade from the garage of a Santa Barbara home.

The Santa Maria Police Department reports there is false information on various social media outlets regarding officers being shot at.

TransComm honored Caltrans this week with four awards for the department’s public information work.

Santa Barbara MTD has announced the launch of a new one-day pass for the Downtown and Waterfront Shuttle routes.

In an effort to save lives from traffic collisions attributed to impaired drivers, the California Highway Patrol will use a federal grant to conduct a regional campaign in Santa Barbara County.

Governor Brown signed Sen. Jackson's bill to make California the first state to require women on corporate boards.

The City of Santa Barbara reminds residents to keep the area around water meters clear.

Two abandoned dogs and a litter of puppies were located at an eradicated marijuana grow site in the Cuyama Valley.

The Santa Barbara City Council has designated the Alhecama Theatre as a city landmark.

Team Vandenberg is scheduled to support the launch of the SAOCOM 1A satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday and locals may experience a sonic boom.

Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted rape and assault at took place early Wednesday morning in Isla Vista.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office wants to warn residents that we are receiving a large number of reports of various yet familiar phone scams. 

FEMA and the FCC will conduct a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts and Emergency Alert System on October 3 at 11:18 a.m. PST.

Sheriff's Detectives are asking for the public's assistance to locate two suspects who robbed the 7-Eleven in the 5300 block of Hollister Ave on Monday evening.

[Update]: The Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the man who was struck and killed by a train near Guadalupe on Monday.

The National Weather Service is monitoring a storm system expected to reach Santa Barbara on Tuesday afternoon.

Santa Barbara resident and former bassist of The Ataris, Michael S. Davenport, pled guilty to defrauding thousands in a nationwide telemarketing real estate scam.

For the third time this week, Santa Barbara Sheriff's Detectives raided an illegal marijuana growing operation in Solvang.

The City of Santa Barbara is soliciting proposals from prospective commercial tenants for the lease of a 1,400 sq. ft. space in the Railway Express Agency building.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff Detective who rescued an ill puppy from an illegal marijuana grow operation, has now adopted him.

Voting information will begin arriving in mailboxes on October 8, 2018.

Governor Brown has signed state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson's bill, SB 327, which requires smart device security, into legislation.

​The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors is pleased to announce the hiring of Joni Maiden, MPA as the County’s new Child Support Services Director.

Santa Barbara Sheriff's Detectives eradicated three million dollars of illegal marijuana in New Cuyama and rescued a puppy who appeared to be ill from the surrounding chemicals.