Fish and Game Patrolling at Hendry’s Beach
Tidepoolers beware! When at Hendry’s beach [earlier this month], Fish and Game was patrolling. Unfortunately I witnessed the only Hispanic family on the beach be ticketed for 3 small crabs that the kids had caught and had in their buckets. The fish and game warden on the beach was...
Santa Maria’s Betteravia Gallery seeking art submissions
The Betteravia Gallery has announced an open call for local artists to participate in Post-Wild: Nature in the 21st Century, an exhibition on how artists interpret the natural world in a changing era.
At the Hub, the Choir Gathered — Santa Barbarans Oppose All New Offshore Drilling
On Friday night, Santa Barbara’s environmental community packed into a place aptly named the Hub — not to be persuaded, but to align, and, by design, to do so “upliftingly.”. The People’s Hearing on a recently released federal offshore drilling project drew a packed room of students,...
All Breeds celebrated at dog shows in Ventura
VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) The All Breed Shows Kennel Club of Beverly Hills is hosting dogs shows at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The dog shows that started on Friday and run through Sunday. Members of the public are invited to watch for free. In addition to watching the dogs, the handlers and the judges in action ...
The Art of, and Art in, the Garden
Part of the charm and very nature of Ojai’s unique Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve begins with the complex task of getting there, before the “being there” sinks in. It’s a complicated trek, involving an unmarked street off of Highway 150, a route with twists and a coded gate, before the road crosses a running creek...
WAY BACK WHEN – Santa Barbara in January 1926
A Bathtub Thief? Santa Barbara had been very proud to report that there was no looting here after the big earthquake had hit us in June last year (1925). But I suppose all good things must come to an end. The no-looting record was broken by a man who broke into the ruins of the Hotel Barbara at State and Cota and...
Officials approve ban to shut down popular ‘Deltopia’ party in Southern California
Santa Barbara County officials voted this week to approve a 72-hour festival ban aimed at shutting down the annual unsanctioned “Deltopia” street party in Isla Vista, citing public safety concerns, strained emergency resources and hundreds of past arrests and citations. The ordinance, approved unanimously by the...
School bus crash in Solvang under investigation
Investigators suspect a third driver left the scene of a crash with a school bus that left one person complaining of pain in Solvang on Friday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 2:20 p.m., a caller reported a crash involving a bus on Mission Drive, east of...
SBCAG Approves Proposal to Add More Train Trips Through South Coast
People who hate to drive may have more options as the county looks to expand train trips in the area. The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments voted to move forward on a proposal Thursday that will expand train access between Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties by adding more round-trip...
Plan scrapped to expand Metrolink service to Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger has, indirectly, ended a proposal to extend Metrolink commuter rail service from Ventura to Santa Barbara County. In its place, those two counties are now looking at a proposal from the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency that would serve the same desire to...
