Santa Barbara Clean Energy Customers eligible for rebate up to $1,000 Santa Barbara Clean Energy, the City’s program that supplies 100% carbon-free electricity to local homes and businesses, is announcing a cash rebate for City of Santa Barbara residents who purchase or lease a qualified electric vehicle (EV). This incentive is available now until the More

Santa Barbara Zoo Announces Giraffe Calf Naming Contest!

The public is invited to help the Santa Barbara Zoo choose a name for the new female giraffe calf that was born last month. The Santa Barbara Zoo staff have narrowed the names down to two contenders to choose from: Malia – selected to honor this calf’s parents, Michael & Adia. Malia has multiple origins and many More

Op-Ed: Locals Urge SB County Supervisors to Pass a Ceasefire Resolution

By the Central Coast Antiwar Coalition Residents of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Ojai and Ventura will deliver public testimony, Tues., December 5th, before the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, urging the elected officials to join other California cities to pass a resolution in support of a ceasefire. In early November, Santa Barbara county supervisors passed a “We More

Butterflies at Ellwood in Goleta

I have been visiting the monarch butterflies at Ellwood Eucalyptus Grove in Goleta since the 1980s. Numbers had gone down over the years, with almost none seen here three years ago. So, it is with great delight to see they are returning this year in good numbers! Two years ago there was a moderately good More

Above Santa Barbara on Monday

By Max Rosenberg Santa Barbara today. More

Santa Barbara Man Arrested for Assaulting Grandfather Pushing Stroller in Calabasas

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) arrested a Santa Barbara man this week after he assaulted a grandfather pushing an infant in a stroller. Angel Sanchez Jr., 29 of Santa Barbara, has been arrested on two counts of assault. On Tuesday, December 5, the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff Station received two separate calls of unprovoked More

SpaceX Launch Completed After Midnight on Friday

Update by the edhat staff December 8, 2023 On Friday, December 8 at 12:03 a.m., Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. This was the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, More

Blue Power: Will Ocean Waves be California’s New Source of Clean Energy?

By Julie Cart The world’s oceans may be vast, but they are getting crowded. Coastal areas are congested with cargo ships, international commercial fishing fleets, naval vessels, oil rigs and, soon, floating platforms for deep-sea mining. But the Pacific Ocean is going to get even busier: Nearly 600 square miles of ocean off California have More