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The never-ending fight to open a nature preserve in a coastal California town.

The Goleta Police Department, along with officers from the California Highway Patrol, will hold a DUI checkpoint on Friday May 8, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location within the City of Goleta. Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests....

Beginning May 4th, Pacific Surfliner service will expand to include a roundtrip offering between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. This update was made possible in partnership between LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, Ventura County Transportation Commission and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments. Currently, the Pacific Surfliner services a 351-mile coastal rail route that includes 29 stations.

This article was underwritten in part by the Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund for Social Justice, a proud, innovative supporter of local news. To make a contribution go to sbcan.org/journalism_fund. Santa Barbara County’s Board of Supervisors approved a locals-first marketing for developers of new market-rate housing in the South Coast and...

They are silent, bald, blue-painted performers who mix art with music and comedy. The Blue Man Group is a unique and unconventional entertainment experience, which has drawn audiences for decades, with over 50 million people already having seen their show. The show is now coming to the South Coast —...

FULLERTON, Calif. (KEYT) - The No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara Softball team opened the 2026 Big West Championship with an intense 10-9 win over the No. 6 seed UC San Diego. The Gauchos walked it off in the bottom of the ninth to advance in the winner's bracket of the tournament and will take The post Refuse to lose! Gauchos rally back and...

A lawsuit filed by energy companies drilling for oil and gas in the hills north of Ventura could jeopardize access to a nature preserve recently opened by the Ventura Land Trust (VLT). The legal action by Aera Energy LLC and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. involves an easement along Hall Canyon Road which is used to access a new trailhead for Ventura Hills Nature Preserve as...

We're surrounded by shallow white tanks that look like large gutters, trying to get a glimpse of a baby abalone. The teeny specks are starting their lives, hand fertilized, hand-fed, and nurtured at the Cultured Abalone Farm in Goleta. The facility is one of just two abalone farms in California....

GOLETA, Calif. — Community members, environmental advocates and fishing industry representatives gathered in Goleta this week for a public hearing on proposed changes to California’s marine protected areas, known as MPAs. The California Fish and Game Commission is currently reviewing proposals that could expand, reduce or maintain the...