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Former UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dr. Barbara Uehling Charlton passed at age 87 on January 2. 

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department reminds residents to check for furnace leaks and beware of space heaters in their winter fire safety tips.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery that took place in Isla Vista on Wednesday.

[Update]: A Santa Barbara home sustained minor damage due to a chimney fire on Wednesday evening.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office arrested three suspects in Solvang after locking down a neighborhood, one suspect is still missing.

The Habit Burger Grill chain has sold its non-Santa Barbara County locations for $375 million.

The Buellton Medical Center announced Dr. William B. Van Valin II passed away on Saturday.

Roger has the scanner reports. "SBPD checking on a Homeless camp Highway 101 Southbound at Mission."

Caltrans will close the southbound Highway 101 Clark Ave on-ramp on Wednesday for erosion control.

Claude Edward Tuller (September 7, 1943 - January 3, 2020)

Roger reports a brush fire on the Highway 101 northbound offramp at Hot Springs Road.

[Update]: Community groups and local agencies are coming together to host a second annual event remembering those lost in the 1/9 Montecito Debris Flow.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's help in a hit and run in Goleta.

Roger reports a pedestrian sustained a minor injury after being struck by a vehicle on De La Vina.

Roger reports a vehicle crashed into the Bank of America building on Coast Village Road.

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has been awarded a $310,000 Cal Fire grant to update the existing Community Wildfire Protection Plan and programmatic Environmental Impact Report.

A Kern County man was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for armed bank robberies in Long Beach and SLO County.

UC Santa Barbara researchers will lead UC-wide collaborative project on wildfires.

Public input is sought for the multi-use Interim California Coastal Trail route through Northern Santa Barbara County.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Fire Department states all smoke and fire seen Tuesday is related to the permissive burn day.

An edhatter shares a photo of either a mini rainbow or sundog.

Even natural processes may become harmful to corals in the presence of one or more environmental stressors according to UCSB researchers.

UC Santa Barbara Police report a string of burglaries at the Manzanita Village dormitories on campus.

An edhat reader shares a photo of either art or trash in the Sunken Gardens.

Ken shares photos from the Harbor area of Santa Barbara.

Roger has the scanner reports. "Reckless Insanity Driver in a dark-colored Camry driving in reverse for 3 blocks and yelling, westbound on Gutierrez."

Edhat readers report what sounded like gunshots or an explosion on the Eastside early Monday morning.

Three people sustained injuries following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 154 early Sunday morning.

Four local companies earned top ratings in a recent poll based on employee's reviews of the Best Places to Work in 2020.