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Channel Islands in the Clouds
Photo by Max Rosenberg Aerial view of the Channel Islands on Wednesday (April 17, 2024) More
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Elderly Woman Falls 80 Feet from More Mesa Cliff in Goleta
An elderly woman fell from the More Mesa cliff in Goleta on Tuesday afternoon. At 12:41 p.m., Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to the area east of Austin Road. The woman fell approximately 80-feet from the bluff landing to the beach below when a bystander called 9-1-1, reports Captain Scott Safechuck. Firefighters used stair access More
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Cat of the Week: Cuddles
Hi! My name is Cuddles and I’m at the Santa Maria Campus. I’m a 4 year old, male, domestic shorthair who is eager for a new home! I’m a handsome boy who loves seeking for pets and rubs. I do grunts while eating but don’t let that scare you, I promise I can share. Interested More
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Cachuma Lake on Sunday
Fishing Derby, beautiful weather and music what a wonderful day at Cachuma Lake on Sunday. We sat in chairs here on the grass listening to the band right behind us. The water level is so high! Cachuma Lake is back to its full beauty. A proud fisher man reported their boat caught the fish of More
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WAY BACK WHEN IN SB: The End of Our Silent Movie Days
Dateline: April 1943 The “Flying A” ceased operating in 1921. A few Hollywood studios came here to film on the studio’s property in the 1920s, but the end finally came in 1943 when the remaining studio property was demolished except for the studio building at the corner of Mission and Chapala streets, and a portion More
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Frequent Helicopter Circling
Edhat readers report an increase in helicopter activity over Upper State Street and Mission Canyon the past few days. By Joe DeLise 8:30 AM continuing passing overhead at 700’ a helicopter, tail number N216LS with a Louisiana based owner. Inspecting something oil/gas related? Power line related? Movie filming? Does anybody know? By an edhat reader More
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Point in Time Count Preliminary Results Released
Preliminary results from the 2024 Point in Time (PIT) Count of persons experiencing homelessness were released yesterday, April 18, and will be presented to the Board of Supervisors this Tuesday, April 23. Conducted on January 24, 2024, by the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC) with the assistance of the Santa Barbara Alliance More
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Weather West: Mild Spring Pattern to Continue Across California through Early May
Mild spring conditions will continue for the next couple of weeks The last month or so has been, for the most part, a relatively damp and cool period across California. The coolness has been especially pronounced in coastal southern California, where a few observing sites have seen the coldest such 30-day period in several decades. More
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Coroner Releases Identity of Man Who Died After Falling from an Isla Vista Cliff
The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Bureau has released the identity of the man who climbed over a barrier fence and fell from an Isla Vista cliff on Saturday. The decedent is 23-year-old Jacob William Aladar Parker, from San Diego. Parker graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2023 and was in town for the annual All-Gaucho More
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Volunteers and Members of the Commercial Fishing Community Clear Lobster Traps from Local Beaches
On Saturday, April 20th, twenty-five volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community and Tidy Seas worked together to remove more than fifty lobster traps that had washed ashore between Goleta Beach and More Mesa. This is the fourth year of shoreline cleanup collaborations for Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Commercial More