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Goleta’s Design Review Board on Tuesday approved the proposed design for the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District’s plans to rebuild its Overpass Road facility. Project architect Will Todd came back to the Design Review Board for a preliminary final review after getting feedback from the board in a conceptual...

Santa Barbara County 911 dispatchers will now handle emergency calls in a new facility that has been years in the making. The Regional Fire Communications Center and expanded Emergency Operations Center are a beautiful, state-of-the-art complex. But more importantly, it’s part of a significant change in the way some...

The Santa Barbara Police Department is launching extra DUI patrols from December 12 through New Year’s Day, joining the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.

Matt Orsua is in the checkout line of a one-of-a-kind market in Santa Barbara. His shopping cart is full of food. "Basic stuff, canned goods, fruit, vegetables, meat, everything you can get at a grocery store," said Orsua. While a clerk is running the items through a scanner, there’s no...

Time Magazine has named its Person Of The Year, along with some other major honorees, and one of its annual tributes is going to a Santa Barbara-based international aid group. The magazine gave its Dreamer Of The Year award to Direct Relief. The nonprofit supplies medicine and medical supplies to people affected by...

Santa Barbara County’s giving spirit has been recognized in a worldwide wave of generosity in 2025, according to an annual report by online fundraising platform GoFundMe. Santa Barbara County was featured as one of the top 10 most generous counties in the U.S. on GoFundMe’s ‘2025 Year in Help’ report, according to...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Attorney John Thyne and his wife Olesya didn't mean to get into the restaurant business, but Thyne decided to step in and partner with The Harbor Restaurant when the owners Gene and Carolina Sanchez asked them to help. Thyne said the owners had been contemplating filing for bankruptcy....

Floods, fires, debris flows, and sea-level rise were on the minds of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. In a 3-2 vote, the board adopted a resolution to support the California Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, which calls on fossil fuel companies to foot the bill for climate damages. Oil...

A multi-year scientific expedition including the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa — led by researchers from University of California, Santa Barbara, and collaborating institutions — was able to find critical connections between land, rainwater and lagoon waters. Researchers determined land use on tropical islands can...

This article was underwritten in part by the Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund for Social Justice, a proud, innovative supporter of local news. To make a contribution go to sbcan.org/journalism_fund. On Tuesday evening, 2nd District Supervisor Laura Capps said the board was seeing compromises being made before their...