Santa Barbara CA

In January, a new sculpture was installed in the Karoo South African Gardens at Ventura Botanical Gardens (VBG). The site was made possible in part by a generous donation from a VBG supporter, who envisioned a work of art inspired by the surrounding landscape and spectacular coastal views. After a careful search, VBG...

Mission Pilates, a long-standing fitness studio in Santa Barbara County, has been listed for sale, placing both of its locations on the market, according to BizBuySell. Operating since 2019, the studio’s two locations in Solvang and Orcutt are listed for sale on the platform. The listing shows an asking...

( This story has been updated to correct the age of U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal. ) Vincent Trevino Jimenez was one of 12 students who shared stories of their financial struggles to U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal at Ventura College on Feb. 19. Trevino Jimenez, 25, said he was a non-traditional student who is studying sociology...

A chaotic scene unfolded Friday morning in downtown Santa Barbara as two federal agents violently arrested 27-year-old resident Jack Randmaa and knocked down and pepper sprayed 80-year-old attorney Doug Hayes. According to Randmaa’s father, Matt, Jack is a volunteer ICE observer and had been alerted to agents’...

Just days after a nationwide public comment period closed on a draft federal offshore drilling plan — one that drew more than 270,000 responses — the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opened a new 30-day window. This time, the agency is inviting oil and gas companies to...

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Santa Barbara County Superior Court jurors who will consider the fate of a man charged with killing a Santa Maria woman 38 years ago learned that violent force was used in her strangulation. Aloysius Winthrop James, 58, of Georgia has been charged in connection with the death of Ofelia Sandoval,...

Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) students earn off-campus privileges when they reach their junior year. With this new freedom comes an expansion of students’ lunch options. No longer limited to the bland and repetitive cafeteria, they spread “off campus” to find the ideal spot. Those with a car drive,...

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The U.S. Space Force has approved the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday, February 21. The rocket will be carrying the Starlink 17-25 mission to low-Earth orbit between 12:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East. A...