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Meet Roo, a loving and spunky cuddlebug who loves being close to her human.

This year’s Creek Week celebration takes place September 17 – 24.

Tagdes reports an assault in an Eastside neighborhood.

[Update]: A small brush fire was extinguished on the Turnpike Road northbound onramp Saturday afternoon.

Much needed & beneficial (and possible September record-breaking!) rain in NorCal this weekend! Then…warm and dry conditions resume

Doug Margerum has been nominated as Winemaker of the Year for the Wine Enthusiast’s coveted Annual Wine Star Awards.

An edhat reader shares a photo of a sunrise over East Beach.

At their meeting on Sept. 15, the Santa Barbara Community College District Board of Trustees announced that Carola Smith has been selected to serve as Vice President, School of Extended Learning, for SBCC.

The American Film Company, the "Flying A," settled in Santa Barbara in 1912, but other silent movie studios filmed here before that. In fact, movies made by other film companies might have inspired the "Flying A" to move here.

An un-bee-lieveable 10,000 honeybees were rescued from a signpost in Lompoc on Thursday.

[Update]: A brush fire near a homeless encampment in Lompoc was quickly extinguished Friday.

[Update]: There are no injuries reported as a single engine plane crashed onto a Ventura Beach Friday afternoon.

Three children, including one infant, were among those injured in a vehicle collision on Highway 1 near Lompoc Friday morning.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department announced that after an extensive recruitment process, Sarah Aguilar has been selected as the new County Animal Services Director. 

Santa Barbara's Stearns Wharf turns 150 on Friday. Learn more about a scheduled birthday bash and the history of our iconic wharf.

An inmate at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail was resuscitated thanks to the swift life-saving efforts of Custody Deputies and their Wellpath healthcare partners.

A Carpinteria resident warns that Measure T is not as it seems and urges voters to vote no.

The majority of Californians should expect to receive hundreds of dollars in inflation relief checks next month.

The Santa Barbara Area California Highway Patrol office will be doing a Child Passenger Safety Seat Check on Saturday.

The founder of the Ventura-based apparel company, Patagonia, has donated the billion dollar enterprise to fight climate change. 

A reader reports an influx of homeless camps in Old Town Goleta and wonders 

Reader Joe shares a colorized photo of Old Mission Santa Barbara from the 1890s.

Some people trash talk industry - even plants deemed "Clean Industry" - and John Wiley looks down on this one that you support.

This week the Ventura County Environmental Health Division received confirmation that a bird collected during the fourth week of August from the City of Simi Valley area tested positive for West Nile Virus.

Community members are alerting the public of a missing teenager who was last seen in Nipomo on August 27th.

[Update]: Ed has announced the latest caption contest winner for this squirrely squirel.

Due to ongoing contract negotiations involving freight railroad worker unions, sections of the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service may experience a disruption beginning Thursday until an agreement is reached.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police release more information about the false report of an active shooter at Bishop Diego High School on Wednesday.

New and returning UC Santa Barbara students will take place in move-in weekend starting Thursday through Sunday.

A vehicle rollover on Highway 154 caused lanes to shut down on Wednesday afternoon.