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County firefighters are on scene on Del Playa in Isla Vista for a person that fell off the cliff ...

The Goleta City Council has directed its attorneys to file a lawsuit against UCSB for failing to provide student housing for its burgeoning student population.

Santa Maria Police are investigating a shooting that injured one person on Friday night.

Santa Barbara County firefighters extinguished an RV fire near the Highway 1 and Highway 101 interchange on Friday.

Marta, the almost three-month-old Amur leopard cub made her public debut for just about an hour, to begin getting used to her outdoor habitat.

A body of a suspected homeless man was found in a Downtown Santa Barbara plaza on Friday morning.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police are investigating a traffic collision that killed a pedestrian on Las Positas Thursday evening.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted Emergency Use Authorizations for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster doses.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded grant funding to establish an "in-house" support resource for employees and their family members in the event of a professional or personal crisis.

[Update]: The victim in a fatal rollover traffic collision on Highway 1 near Jalama Road last week has been identified.

Randy Rowse says his "message rang true" in the Santa Barbara mayor's race, crediting his apparent victory in the contest to his call to replace partisan ideology at City Hall with non-partisan pragmatism.

[Update]: The election results are in and Randy Rowse will become Santa Barbara's new mayor.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has extended a Health Officer Order which requires the use of masks in indoor public settings.

Santa Barbara County firefighters are responding to a brush fire in the 1400 block of N. San Marcos Road.

The County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors has approved the appointment of Antonette “Toni” Navarro, LMFT, as Director of the Behavioral Wellness Department. 

After ten months of litigation, Stephen David Price reached a settlement with the City of Santa Barbara and individual officers over the summary destruction of Price’s property, which included a draft sequel to his published quizbook, scripts and screenplays

A body was found on the beach below the 1200 block of Shoreline Drive in Santa Barbara on Thursday morning.

Last month Rep. Carbajal and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, visited Vandenberg Space Force Base to discuss the base’s pivotal role in advancing our nation’s military, civil, and commercial space capabilities.

Cachuma Lake just welcomed the first of four scheduled Rainbow Trout releases of about 4,000 pounds each, with fish ranging in size from half-pound “catchables” to eight-pound trophies.

Commissioners Vote 3-2 Against Project, Citing Public Safety, Oil Spill Concerns

 

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use

Local families have started online fundraisers to pay for the funeral costs of victims from recent fatal traffic collisions.

The County of Santa Barbara is seeking the public’s feedback on mitigation strategies that will be included in the 2022 Santa Barbara County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.

Robert details the last First Thursday event that included the Asian American Festival.

Old Spanish Days announced plans for Fiesta 2022 and the new leadership team that will guide the area’s largest regional festival in a safe environment next summer.

Construction has started on the long-planned Meadows South neighborhood housing project located in the Rice Ranch Specific Plan Area of Orcutt.

An edhat reader shared photos of their view from Summerland.

Andrew reports a dumpster fire near the CVS on Carrillo and Bath Streets in Santa Barbara.

Isla Vista Community Service District Offered Halloween Pop Up Event Grants

The Sheriff's Office reports a mild Halloween weekend in Isla Vista with only two arrests.