Santa Barbara CA

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SANTA BARBARA, CA – August 27, 2025. The City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department has announced a new free community event series, Sunset Sessions. Performances will take place at the historic Plaza del Mar Band Shell every Thursday in September and feature a variety of acts, including live music,...

Food trucks and events serving food will pay more after Santa Barbara County’s Environmental Health Services announced changes to the costs of its annual health permits. The county Board of Supervisors approved the new rate structure for health permits on Tuesday, allowing EHS to fully recoup the cost of providing...

The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office announced this week that 33 additional victims have come forward in the alleged luxury car scam perpetrated by West Hollywood resident Jonathan Tudor, bringing the total number of people Tudor is accused of swindling to 38. Posing as a senior BMW executive, 64-year-old Tudor...

On August 23, 700 spirited Santa Barbara Zoo supporters celebrated the cosmos and the Zoo at an Out of This World-themed Zoofari Ball. The annual mega fundraiser, held on the Zoo’s scenic hilltop, grossed an estimated $700,000. Guests heeded the invitation’s bid to dress in space cadet casual, starlight...

Ventura has approved a program to offer transportation and social services to the homeless leaving the Ventura County jail. The city will work with Ventura County and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in the next six months on the specifics of the pilot program. Initial plans include help for drug and alcohol...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.-Andy Caldwell of The Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business known as COLAB is urging Santa Barbara County Supervisors to revoke Glass House Farms license. Caldwell spoke during public comments at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday. He reminded Supervisor Laura Capps and...

Carpinteria High School teacher and leader of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program Emily Garcia has been selected as a 2026 Distinguished New Educator by the Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO). “Ms. Garcia is a profoundly compassionate educator who consistently seeks opportunities to broaden her...

Below is a press release from Santa Barbara Public Library regarding their annual Raíces y Sueños (Roots and Dreams) event from September through mid-October SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) is proud to present the second annual Raíces y Sueños (Roots and Dreams): Raising Awareness and...

Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen have embarked on quite an adventure in Santa Paula. Not only are the married couple in the process of creating an interactive science museum in the former Union Oil headquarters, they now provide an opportunity to camp out on the 15-acre South Mountain ranch where they live, which was...