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At Tuesday night’s Santa Barbara Unified School District board meeting, alumni of Lincoln Elementary School made an emotional and detailed appeal to reopen the long-shuttered downtown campus by fall 2026. Led by Marvin Gibson and Alberto Leon, with support from longtime Eastside advocate Alice Post, the presentation...

A powerful AR dropped 169.5 mm (6.67 inches) of rain over Santa Barbara over a three-day period ending November 17. This broke the previous three-day total November record of 144 mm (5.66 inches) set in 2002, making November 2025 the wettest ever for the Santa Barbara Airport. The storm triggered...

Golden Age siren Jane Russell received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, at the same time as her Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) co-star Marilyn Monroe—their hand and footprints are in the forecourt of Graumann’s Chinese Theater—and in the 1970s and ’80s she was the ubiquitous spokesperson for Playtex...

Businesses and tourist services are rebounding from the rain recently including the Lil' Toot which had free rides for a day. The post Lil’ Toot Offers Free Rides with the Return of Sunshine at the Santa Barbara Harbor appeared first on News Channel 3-12 .

Just one day after the federal government reopened its doors for business last week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a dramatic reversal in how it funds programs designed to help homeless people get off the streets. Right now, roughly 90 percent of $4 billion in homeless grants...

A Lompoc city council member has been charged with embezzling city funds and other crimes the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, November 19. Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced that eight felony charges have been filed against District 1 City of...

Interested in adding a furry friend to your family? Even if you're just keen on viewing some of the cute critters available for adoption nearby, there are ample pets waiting for their forever homes in animal shelters throughout and around santa barbara.

On Monday and Tuesday, tens of thousands of University of California service and patient care workers walked off the job across California — including at UC Santa Barbara — as part of a two-day strike protesting low wages, rising healthcare costs, and what many workers described as a shocking culture of inequality...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) A pilot program that shuttles people of all abilities up and down State Street is being extended. It's called The Loop Shuttle. City leaders said 16,700 people have taken a ride on the shuttle since the pilot program began in May. Locals and tourists have ridden on the three shuttles...

The Santa Barbara Police Department has issued notices of significant flooding at various locations throughout the City of Santa Barbara due to the heavy rainstorm. On Monday, November 17, there was a significant amount of rainfall over a few hours which caused various locations within the city to flood. “Please...