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The Ventura Botanical Gardens has unveiled its most enchanting — and first ever regional exhibit. Summer Hummerz is an immersive experience that celebrates California’s pollinators through large-scale art and educational installations. Highlights include a “whimsical flock” of suspended air sculptures, a walk-in “nest”

Sign up for ON the Beat, Josef Woodard’s semi-weekly newsletter preaching the gospel of eclectic music tastes. The grand Grand on State story continues, now having surpassed its long “soft opening” phase and presenting its official grand opening night last Saturday. A happy and sold-out crowd flocked to the place, conv

A 40-year-old Santa Barbara man was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a residential burglary that occurred in unincorporated Ventura County last month, authorities announced. Justin Hill was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. on June 5 following a traffic stop in the 2000 block of State Street in Santa...

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Southern California Edison will conduct planned maintenance on power lines in Goleta and surrounding unincorporated Santa Barbara County areas this weekend, with work scheduled to begin Sunday, June 7 and continue through Wednesday, June 10. Approximately 150 customers may experience intermittent power outages througho

Lompoc police arrested an alleged gang member on Thursday over a shooting in the Santa Barbara County city last month. On May 3, dispatchers sent officers to the scene of a shooting at the intersection of N. O Street and W. Laurel Avenue. Officers arrived and determined no one had been struck by a bullet, according to

The South Coast will serve as an international soccer hub this summer when both Qatar and Austria establish their World Cup training bases in Santa Barbara County ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Westmont College in Montecito has been selected as the Team Base Camp for the Qatar men’s...

The Chick-fil-A planned for Calle Real was approved on May 27 by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission with a unanimous vote of 5-0 for the start of construction. The restaurant is being put in on Calle Real, at the former location of an IHOP that closed in the summer of 2022. Off the same exit at Turnpike are a

Weeks after filming intense chase footage of a shark trailing a fellow foil surfer for miles off the Santa Barbara coast, local foil surfer Tavis Boise found himself in a similar encounter. This time, Boise encountered a gray whale and her calf. In a video that he uploaded on YouTube...

The annual Ventura Rotary fireworks event at Ventura College will not be held in 2026, but will be back on July 4, 2027. INSTEAD, the City of Ventura is hosting a free community fireworks show on Friday, July 3, 2026 in Downtown Ventura. The fireworks will be launched from the top of the parking garage on Santa Clara S