‘Thousands of dollars that just my little business lost’ City of Ventura dials back...
VENTURA, Calif. — The City of Ventura is working to clear up confusion over whether water there was contaminated with gasoline. A warning went out to residents in the Pierpont neighborhood, instructing them to “not use the tap water.”. But the “do not use order” was later dialed...
Toys for Tots Drive Begins Across Santa Barbara County
The County of Santa Barbara will be collecting donations for the annual Toys for Tots drive at locations in both Santa Barbara and Santa Maria. Toys can be dropped off at donation boxes at the County Administration Building in downtown Santa Barbara, the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government in Santa Maria, or in...
Family Hired P.I. to Search for Their Missing Brother, but It Took Decades to...
Partial skeletal remains discovered more than 40 years ago in Southern California have been identified through DNA technology as belonging to a missing Vietnam War veteran and Bronze Star recipient, authorities announced this week. The victim has been identified as Thomas Aquinas Cooney, born on Oct. 5, 1950, in Bryn...
Downtown Santa Barbara Welcomes Game Seeker’s New Flagship Store
Game Seeker will open a new location in Santa Barbara at 920 State Street. The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) partnered with the store to celebrate the occasion with a public ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 25, at 2:30 p.m. Game Seeker will host its Grand Opening on November 29,...
Santa Barbara church members uncover quarter-century-old time capsule
A recent discovery by members of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara has brought back a flood of 1990s nostalgia: a time capsule hidden behind a bathroom wall.
Local businesses are thankful for in person shoppers
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Chicken Little decked its windows for the 48th year thanks to regular customers. Courtney Drake shopped with her baby girl and family. "This is where we get all of our stuff, it is our hometown stuff, it is where we find all of our personalized goodies," said Drake. Chicken Little owner...
California Is About to Cut Power Company Profits to Historic Lows; Your Bill Will...
Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. With California electric rates stuck at nearly the highest in the nation, the state’s utility regulator is poised to lower the payout shareholders can receive from California’s three large...
Ventura Residents Warned: Gasoline Found in Tap Water
Ventura's Pierpont neighborhood has been warned not to use tap water due to gasoline contamination. Residents advised to use bottled water, with distribution points set up.
The Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County Alerts Residents to Mosquito-Borne...
LA Mosquito Population Testing Verifies Local Transmission from Infected Mosquitoes. The Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County wants to alert residents that several individuals in the Greater Los Angeles area have contracted Dengue, a virus spread by mosquitoes. In early November, the...
False alarm: Southern California water OK to drink, city says
They city of Ventura is backtracking after what they described as a “false positive” incorrectly indicated there was gasoline in some residents’ water supply. At about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, officials said in an alert that the previous alert was “caused by a false positive during routine testing.” “Follow-up testing...
