Grand Jury says Santa Barbara County needs to step up efforts to add affordable...
A new grand jury report says that Santa Barbara County needs to step up efforts to create affordable housing. The county recently completed the state-mandated process of finding potential areas where needed housing could be added. However, according to a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report, coming up with a...
Carpinteria Vice Mayor sits during Pledge of Allegiance again
CARPINTERIA, Calif.-Carpinteria Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano stood up for staff recognition presentations, but stayed seated during the Pledge of Allegiance for the second council meeting in a row. "It is unfortunate that in any way this conversation has really boiled down to whether I am sitting or standing as an...
New numbers show unemployment remains flat statewide, but dips in the Tri-Counties
New numbers show a significant month-to-month drop in unemployment rates in the Tri-Counties. Ventura County’s jobless rate slipped from 4.3% in April to 4.1% in May. Santa Barbara County showed an even larger drop in unemployment, going from 4.2% to 3.7%. And, San Luis Obispo County also saw a dip in unemployment,...
Bomb Squad Determines Suspicious Bag Near Santa Barbara Airport Was Personal Items
GOLETA, Calif. — A stretch of Hollister Avenue was shut down Monday morning after reports of a suspicious package near the Goleta City Hall, a private office building and across the street from the far end of the open space at the Santa Barbara Airport. It prompted a bomb squad response. "It was a drab The post Bomb...
California winery sues 50-acre pot farm over ‘unbearable’ smell
Santa Barbara, California – A long-simmering legal battle in Santa Barbara County is inching toward a decision that
242,000 CenCal Patients Could Lose Health Insurance Under Proposed Federal Cuts
Recent federal proposals to cut Medicaid funding could reduce health care services and cause more than 242,000 Central Coast patients to lose their CenCal Health insurance. The proposed Big Beautiful Bill Act could reduce Medicaid spending by $793 billion among other cuts toward financing $4.5 trillion in tax cuts,...
Bakersfield woman arrested in Ventura hit-and-run
A woman from Bakersfield has been arrested after she allegedly hit a pedestrian with her vehicle in Ventura and fled the scene. Mysti Ary, 48, hit a 25-year-old woman from Los Angeles on State Route 1 at about 10 p.m. on June 15, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release. The woman was […]
All for Art for All
Jurors and curators have left the building, or were disinvited in the first place, with the generously open-armed group show Arte del Pueblo, now bustling on the walls and floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB). Based on the radical notion of a juror-free call-for-artists free-for-all, many are...
SoCal 3D-Printed Footwear Innovator Receives $6M Cash Infusion to Boost Expansion
Ventura, Calif.-based Koobz , a pioneer in 3D-printed footwear, is planning a massive expansion of its operations on the back of a $6-million funding round announced this week. California Government Report Assesses a Decade of Changes in Retail Crime Led by Uncork Capital and supported by Cake Ventures, V1.VC, Karman...
Mild Monday, tracking a warming trend mid-week
Slight cooling occurs Monday as onshore flow increases. This will bring a few hours of clouds for most of the coastline. Santa Barbara may see disorganized clouds for a few hours before clearing out completely. Skies turn mostly sunny near lunch and temperatures hold into the 60s and 70s by the beaches and 80s...
