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A Cabrillo High School music teacher has been named a 2018 Santa Barbara Bowl Performing Arts Teacher of the year for Santa Barbara County.

The Santa Barbara MTD partners with local law enforcement and Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (SBBike) to find homes for unclaimed bikes.

The Santa Barbara Police Department arrests Oxnard-based drug kingpin Salvador Duran on Monday, May 15th.

Dos Pueblos High School, La Colina Junior High School, and Santa Barbara Junior High School received the California Gold Ribbon at a California Department of Education’s California School Recognition Award Ceremony in Los Angeles.

The City of Santa Barbara has installed a new traffic signal at State Street and Yanonali, to eliminate the safety condition known as the left turn trap. 

Santa Maria Police Department have arrested Jhordy Ramirez for the attempted murder of his parents on the 300 block of E Newlove Dr.

Eight Santa Barbara Sheriff Deputies amongst the twenty law enforcement professionals honored with prestigous H. Thomas Guerry Awards on May 10, 2017.

Southern California Edison reports an increase of caller ID spoofs acting as them, and gives tips to protect yourself from these scammers.

The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury has determined the annexation process of the western area of Santa Ynez to Santa Ynez Community Services District to be proper, but their communications confusing.

The speed limit on State Route 192 from Santa Barbara Tennis Club to Chelham Way has been reduced from 55 mph to 35 mph.

Chancellor Yang issued a statment endorsing the fossil fuel divestment campaign, Fossil Free UC, after 350 students maintained a 3 day sit-in inside the administration building at UCSB.

Charges have been filed against a 26 year old man from Santa Maria, Baltazar Mendoza Alvarez, for five felony counts.  

Can anyone identify this patterned brown beetle?

The Santa Barbara Fire Department will be conducting defensible space inspections beginning June 1st.

Construction on the Hollister Class I Bike Path running from Pacific Oaks Drive to Ellwood School will begin.

A soccer coach from Santa Maria High School was arrested for soliciting lewd photos from a minor with child annnoyance and molestation charges. 

Congressman Salud Carbajal held an interactive town hall at Valle Verde Retirement Community, providing an overview of the state of affairs in Washington.

The Santa Barbara District Attorney has ruled the officer involved shooting justifiable that led to the death of Michael Ducaine Giles on November 21, 2016, in Lompoc.

 SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 7^th Annual New Venture Challenge business pitch awarded $15,000 to college and high school students for business concepts.

SBCC recognizes Marilynn Spaventa, Dean of Educational Services, as Outstanding Administrator of the Year, and Josue Miranda, Automotive Service & Technology Laboratory Teaching Assistant, as Classified Employee of the year.

The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a phone scam posing as a Sheriff's Lieutenant.

A Santa Maria man was arrested for threatening to have a bomb in his vehicle and attempting to fight individuals. 

A project to realign the northbound lanes of Highway 101 north of Mariposa Reina south of the Gaviota State Roadside Rest Area will continue for the next three weeks.

Santa Barbara County Public Works Director Scott McGolpin was installed as the Vice President for the National Association of County Engineers.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is once again seeing an increase in the number “virtual kidnapping” extortion calls in Santa Barbara County.

250 community members came together at East Beach for the Mental Wellness Center's 6th Annual 5k Walk for Mental Wellness.

The effects of certain landscape characteristics on insecticide use depend on context and crop type, according to UCSB scientists

The Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department was recognized last week with three top Awards of Excellence from the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, Central Coast Section

Robert Bernstein provides a glimpse into the Santa Barbara Fair & Expo.

Frank captures a photo of the multi-colors from a swallowtail butterfly.