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Sears Holdings announced their Sears location in the La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara will be closed by February, along with 39 other Sears and Kmart locations.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara Police Department is searching for a vehicle that's believed to be involved in a non-school related shooting on the campus of Cleveland Elementary School Wednesday evening.

Roger reports a vehicle collision involving a semi-truck on Highway 101 northbound at Fairview.

Roger reports two people suffered minor bites from a stray dog near the Harbor.

Water managers and Santa Barbara County wrangle over Lake Cachuma's dwindling water supply.

At least twelve people are dead and more than a dozen are injured after a gunman entered a Thousand Oaks bar on Wednesday evening. 

Caltrans announces a temporary full closure of Highway 101 overcrossing at Olive Mill Road for Friday evening.

Is anyone else having issued with their Cox email not working?

Roger reports the 600 block of State Street is closed for unknown reasons.

The Santa Maria Police Department has released a photo of a residential burglary suspect and is asking for the public's help to identify him.

An edhat reader spotted what looks to be hot air balloons or weather balloons near Dos Pueblos Canyon.

Roger reports a semi-truck is on fire on Highway 101 northbound near the Gaviota Tunnel.

Roger reports a robbery off Las Positas with the suspects fleeing on Highway 101.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police detectives, a SWAT team, and Sheriff's Deputies arrested three alleged drug dealers on Wednesday morning. 

Click here to see the latest in local midterm election results. 

The City of Santa Barbara is in the process of selecting a site in the downtown area for the Police Department’s new Police Station and is hosting three public meetings.

A 17-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a Santa Maria man on November 2.

Election night's test launch of a Minuteman III missile took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Construction is underway for the new Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park, named after one of Goleta's founders, on the corner of Hollister and Kellogg Avenues.

An edhat reader wonders if there are walking shortcuts from Sansum Clinic to Calle Cita.

Roger has the scanner reports. "I get some ugly looks from people walking around sometimes looking the way I do."

Roger reports that four shoplifters have stolen DeWalt tools from the Sears store on State Street.

Why are there so many fire trucks parked around City Hall?

Around 6:45 Tuesday morning, four of five members of Santa Barbara’s school board were photographed together at a cozy Cajun Kitchen breakfast, raising questions of whether they violated California’s iconic open meeting law on Election Day.

Animal Services is reporting an alarmingly high number of cases of Parvovirus in dogs in Northern Santa Barbara County.

Does anyone know when the next trout release will take place at Lake Cachuma?

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police announce an auto theft suspect has been identified but it still missing, possibly in Santa Barbara. 

Research out of UC Santa Barbara suggests population growth in central Africa could be less dire than current projections suggest if attention is paid to the well-being of the poor

I heard today that Sprouts is opening on S. Milpas in January. Does anyone have any information?

The County of Santa Barbara’s Community Services Department (CSD) will receive $716,000 from the state’s California Natural Resources Agency to enhance existing park space in the Cuyama Valley.