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A long-awaited and urgently needed adaptive reuse ordinance comes before the Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday. We strongly support this measure while emphasizing that keeping our inclusionary housing requirement is key to ensuring it delivers on Santa Barbara’s values of fairness and affordability. Currently,...

Santa Barbara High School Marks 150 Years with All Dons Reunion Celebration. The Santa Barbara Unified School District and the entire Santa Barbara community are celebrating a historic milestone: the 150th anniversary of Santa Barbara High School. At the September 23rd Board Meeting, the Trustees honored the school’s...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - It will be warm and sunny this weekend but strong northerly winds are expected Saturday. Wind advisories have issued for our region with up to 50mph gusts possible. By Sunday, winds will shift northeasterly and begin to weaken but breezy conditions will remain in some...

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. A fight in Isla Vista resulted in two stabbings this weekend. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press...

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. Before the Palisades Fire burned through their neighborhood in January, the Bridges family left with only a few...

A Santa Maria Valley teen’s push to take advantage of his time in the juvenile justice system to earn a high school degree and plot his future career earned him the inaugural Joe Howell Legacy Scholarship. Andrew Jose Garcia Vasquez, 17, a graduate of the Santa Barbara County Education...

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A new housing and retail plan could bring more than 300 units into downtown Santa Barbara . It would change the makeup of the current Paseo Nuevo mall. The post Makeover Plan in Downtown Santa Barbara Could Bring New Housing and Shopping appeared first on News Channel 3-12 .

Students at VHS have established their new favorite teachers within the first two months of school and opinions definitely vary. “My favorite teacher is Ms. Wallace. She’s very calm and understanding and she explains things very clearly,” said Aubrey Lopez ‘28. This student expressed her care for not only kindness in...

On October 8, 2025, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approved a 99-unit, fully affordable apartment complex in Orcutt. The project, known as the Orchard Terrace Apartments Development Plan, was on the Commission’s agenda. This project follows an earlier approved 61-unit development plan. The 99-unit plan...