Santa Barbara CA

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 22, 2025 – Mystic Ocean Adventures (MOA) is proud to announce the appointment of Palmer G. Jackson, Jr. as a new Board Trustee. Mr. Jackson, a fourth-generation Santa Barbara native, brings a distinguished record of involvement with cultural and nonprofit organizations and a deep...

Carpinteria seniors brought out the tie-dye and flower power prints Thursday afternoon to celebrate 60 years of cityhood. Residents have been celebrating the city’s 60th anniversary this week, and Thursday’s festivities included a 1960s-themed party for seniors hosted by AgeWell, the city’s senior services program....

The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is offering a higher payout to the residents for their old vehicles. The deal is pegged at $2,200 per vehicle. The district has slightly updated its ‘Old Car Buyback’ program, now offering larger payments for old vehicles. The move is aimed at reducing...

Applications have been submitted to the City of Santa Barbara for the construction of two massive housing projects that will significantly and permanently cause negative impacts to all of us. The city is accepting public comments for one of them until September 30. I urge all readers to send a letter opposing these...

The City of Santa Barbara collected $4.0 Million in Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) for August 2025, the second month in the City’s fiscal year. Year to date, the City has collected $8.2 Million in overall TOT, of which approximately $7.2 Million came from hotels and $1.0 Million from short-term rentals. Year to...

Volunteers across Santa Barbara County removed 3,611 pounds of trash from the coastline on Saturday during the county’s Coastal Clean Up Day. Across 30 sites — including in Carpinteria — over 1,000 volunteers cleaned up 59 miles of coastline on Sept. 20, according to preliminary results released by organizer Explore...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the allocation of over $42,000 to pay one half of the cost of a Santa Maria Park Ranger to police the Santa Maria riverbed for unhoused people. Santa Barbara, in partnership with San Luis Obispo County and the City of Santa...

A thunderstorm with lightning strikes hit Santa Barbara and most of the Central Coast late Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service estimates roughly 2,600 lightning strikes in the region with over 250 striking the ground. “Here are the observed lightning strikes over the past 48...

Domestic violence should never become background noise — so we’ll keep bringing it forward, headline after headline, until the echo finally stops. El Paso Chief Military Officer Resigns After DV Arrest, Says He Suffers From TBI. It was announced Monday that the chief military officer of El Paso,...

One of Montecito’s most exclusive enclaves just got a fresh listing — and it comes with both celebrity ties and knockout design. The $27 million estate at 1850 Jelinda Drive sits inside the guard-gated community of Ennisbrook, where neighbors include Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden, and where Kendall Jenner recently...