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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.

Did anyone else hear a gunshot on Milpas early Saturday morning?

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

Over 100 years ago a famous landscape painter settled in Santa Barbara.

Bastard's Road follows a 6,000-mile walking journey of a Marine veteran looking to make sense of war and to reconnect with his Marine brothers and families of those who didn't make it home.

Edhat readers report a series of power outages on Friday evening.

Of the 101 of Garden street town Laguna after possibly hitting parked vehicles on East Gutierrez.. ...

Peabody Stadium at Santa Barbara High School is expected to be completed this coming April.

California Highway Patrol is attempting to return a stolen SCOTT Scale bicycle to its rightful owner.

Parasite Director Bong Joon Ho won the Oustanding Director of the Year Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Thursday evening.

The Night is an intense thriller focused on secrets and lies with supernatural spookiness that will make you leave the lights on at night.

A shooting near an Oxnard Elementary School resulted in a 9-year-old being struck by gunfire while on the playground.

The edhat staff reviewed a variety of short films at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and provided some short reviews.

Roger has the scanner reports. "Transient starting a warming fire twice off Highway 1 in Lompoc."

The City of Santa Barbara is working to fix the traffic congestion around Chick-fil-A on upper State Street.

Roger reports an assault on an MTD bus driver near Mission and Chino Streets.

Roger reports a vehicle collided with a tree in the 2100 block of Mission Ridge.

A large crowd greeted actor Brad Pitt outside the Arlington Theatre during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday evening.

That Click is a documentary following the life and work of iconic photographer Douglas Kirkland who captured photos of famous stars from Marilyn Monroe to Nicole Kidman.

A gang member from Los Angeles has pled guilty to human trafficking an 18-year-old in Santa Barbara. 

La Restauración is a tragicomedy that begins with 50-year-old Tato having to return to his bedridden mother, Rosa’s mansion after a divorce.

Candidates for the Board of Supervisor seat in the 1st District, Laura Capps and Das Williams, faced off in a debate moderated by Jerry Roberts this week.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff K9 Chop died on Wednesday after a medical emergency. He was two-years-old.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced the resolution of an environmental-protection lawsuit against a stud farm and equestrian center in the Santa Ynez Valley.

The northbound Highway 101 off-ramp and right lane at Fairview Avenue will be closed on Thursday from 9 am until 3 pm.

A Santa Barbara man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the homicide on Olive Street that took place last week.

Roger reports a motorcyclist is down on Highway 101 northbound near Turnpike. 

An edhat reader shares a video of a protest at the UC Santa Barbara campus on Wednesday.

Roger reports a possible gas leak in a structure near Summerland.

Three California condors are settling into their new habitat at the Santa Barbara Zoo, bringing the total number of condors to 14 over the past ten years.