Small plane crash near Santa Barbara Airport leaves 2 people in critical condition
A small plane crashed just off the 101 Freeway near Santa Barbara Airport Wednesday afternoon, leaving two people in critical ...
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County Planning Commission Begins Looking at Possible Changes to Cannabis Ordinance
The saga of Santa Barbara County's cannabis ordinance continues. The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission met on ...
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Report Values Santa Barbara County’s Natural Resources at $2.96 Billion
They say you can’t put a price tag on beauty, but maybe you can.       A recent report from the Land Trust for Santa Barbara ...
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2025 Santa Barbara County Women Winemakers & Culinarians Celebration Features Four Charitable Food and Wine Events Surrounding March 8th Grand Tasting
New Nonprofit, Women Winemakers and Culinarians Foundation, Announces Two New Beneficiaries of Proceeds from 2025 Lineup of ...
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Palisades Fire Serves as ‘Unfortunate Test Case’ for Plan-B Power System Coming Soon to Santa Barbara
Nonprofit Unite to Light and the James S. Bower Foundation partner with Dragon Q Energy to install 10 PowerPoles across Santa ...
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Unity Shoppe opens new Lompoc location, expanding its services to Northern Santa Barbara County
Unity Shoppe celebrated the grand opening of its new Lompoc location during a special ribbon-cutting ceremony held Wednesday ...
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Land Trust of Santa Barbara details the economic value of preserving local natural spaces
Residents of Santa Barbara County can see how exceptionally beautiful their home is, but how do you quantify that level of ...
UPDATE: Flood advisory for Santa Barbara County Sunday night, according to the NWS
The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated flood advisory at 8:54 p.m. on Sunday. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall ...
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Santa Barbara County’s Natural World: A $2.96 Billion Annual Driver of Economic Growth and Climate Resilience
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Metrolink poised to add morning commuter train to Santa Barbara
Metrolink will likely be making a northern expansion in the coming months, adding a morning commuter train between Ventura ...
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Santa Barbara’s unemployment rate rises to 4.5% in December
Two of the three counties on the Central Coast saw their unemployment rates continue to fall in December with the only exception being Santa Barbara County, according to the latest data provided by ...
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Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Really dry and boring, right? Wrong. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse epitomizes the Spanish-Moorish architecture that is found across the city. Completed in 1929, the complex impresses ...