Public News

Warm weather brings out rattlesnakes and our recent rainy winter has provided more grassy habitat and rodent prey to help boost the local rattlesnake population.

Deputies assist a man who impaled his foot near Haskell's Beach on Sunday.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau arrested two suspected methamphetamine dealers in Santa Maria on Monday.

On March 21, after 33 years of service, Santa Barbara County Fire Department Public Information Officer Captain Dave Zaniboni will be retiring.

While above-average rainfall has improved climate conditions across the state and county, the effect of the multi-year drought on the City's water supplies has been extreme, and it may take several years to recover.

An archaeological investigation will be conducted at De La Guerra Plaza on March 23-29.

Two people were killed in a DUI-related traffic collision in Santa Maria early Saturday morning.

An Ojai man was pronounced dead at the scene when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in Carpinteria on Friday morning.

The City of Santa Barbara collected approximately $1.02 million in transient occupancy taxes for January 2019, which is 19.1% below collections from January last year.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has announced Tara Diller as the new Animal Services Director.

Dr. Kip Glazer’s life story comes full circle as she's named the new principal of San Marcos High School, the same community where she began her life in the United States.

The Goleta Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint on Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.

Jennifer Foster makes history as the first female principal of La Colina Junior High School.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office participated in a statewide Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation, giving out five citations in Isla Vista last weekend.

Three people were arrested during ABC Statewide Shoulder Tap Operation in Santa Maria this past weekend.

[Update]: Emergency personnel revived a second Isla Vista within 24-hours resident suffering from an overdose by using Naloxone spray.

The City is always looking for opportunities to implement energy efficiency measures and to install renewable energy systems at its facilities.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Fire Department will continue its pile burns in the Burton Mesa area Thursday.

After five weeks of interactive classes, 14 people graduated on March 2 from the Sheriff’s Isla Vista Citizen’s Academy.

[Update]: An at-risk missing adult has been found safe according to Santa Barbara Police.

[Update]: The National Weather Service has upgraded the flash flood watch to a flash flood warning in Montecito on Tuesday evening.

To help protect preteens and teens against dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases, the Public Health Department is recognizing March 3rd - 9th as Preteen Vaccine Week.  

San Diego County man sentenced to 18 months in prison for kidnapping-related money laundering which involved a Santa Maria bank.

The Los Padres National Forest has tentatively scheduled two separate prescribed burns to occur in March: the Figueroa Mountain Pile Burn and Administration Pile Burn.

The Santa Maria Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place in Minami Park on Saturday.

The Goleta Police Department is planning a distracted driving sting, March 4.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies used their personal money to help get a stranded man home this past week.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is requesting public assistance to help locate 34-year-old Goleta woman.

The Santa Barbara County Probation Department conducted a compliance search focusing on high-risk sex offenders as part of Operation Safe Kids.

Montecito firefighters responded to a structure fire at 1530 Mountain Drive in Montecito.