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Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally ran on Dec. 31, 2020, in CVN Vol. 27, No. 15. This week’s Throwback Thursday is run in honor of the author’s brother, Arthur, who passed away at the age of 75 in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 24, 2025.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Excitement is in the air as students meet Salva Dut — the real-life hero behind A Long Walk to Water. “They were literally jumping out of their chairs … they could not process the fact they the many they read about was coming her … were just so excited to The post Santa Barbara...

A new kind of midweek magic is taking hold in downtown Santa Barbara. On Wednesday nights, the Momentum Dance Complex fills with music, laughter and the rhythm of West Coast Swing. Behind this growing movement are Bryan Gin and Kristen Rhodes, the founders of Serenity Swing, who are building not...

When kindergarten teacher Wendy Fehr first set foot on the Riviera Ridge School’s (RRS) 11-acre campus in 2018, it was not to interview for a job, but to find a school for her daughter Minnie. Fehr’s family had just been through the devastation of the fires and debris flows,...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Offshore winds & high pressure will keep us warm, dry and summer-like for another day on Saturday. Onshore flow returns Sunday causing a very slight cooldown for most areas, especially the coast. Though it will still be warm. The marine layer will return as well...

Santa Barbara police say high school staff looking into an “incident involving several students” discovered one of the students may have had a weapon.

Big changes are coming to State Street. However, like any fun road trip, no one knows exactly where it’s headed. The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association is speeding forward with its effort to reopen State Street to vehicles for one lane, one way, going north. The group, which is...

Attorneys for Sable Offshore learned the hard way this week what local court watchers have known now for nearly 30 years: Judge Thomas Pierce Anderle never changes his tentative ruling. It’s practically a law of physics. Late this past Wednesday afternoon, Anderle stuck to his tentative ruling — released...

Sign Up to get Nick Welsh’s award-winning column, The Angry Poodle delivered straight to your inbox on Saturday mornings. IMPATIENT PATIENTS: Beware of skinny envelopes in your mailbox. They’re worse than rattlesnakes. I got one a couple of months ago from my life insurance company. My premiums, it notified me, would...

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.