Slice of Tiki: PizzaMan Dan brings pizza and tropical vibes together at 999 Pizza
PizzaMan Dan is the entrepreneur behind a chain of nine eponymous restaurants across Ventura County and one in Carpinteria, and now he’s entered the tiki bar business as well. Dan Collier is hard to miss as he’s driving between his establishments in one of his outrageous cars, including a...
Could Old Spanish Days Come Back to Earl Warren Showgrounds in the Future?
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — As the Earl Warren Showgrounds looks ahead to a 30-year master plan, it remains unclear whether that future includes the return of Old Spanish Days’ Fiesta Rodeo and Stock Horse Show. A 67-year partnership between the two organizations officially ended this year, with both now planning...
Elderly Driver Accidentally Crashes Into County Building
In a mid-afternoon accident on Tuesday, an elderly driver mistakenly drove over a curb and into the side of a building located at 3970 La Colina Road, home to the California Child Care Coordinators Association. Santa Barbara Police received the call at 2:17 p.m., and officers quickly responded to the...
Two More New Additions to the Santa Barbara Public Market
••• Revolver chef-owner Nick Bodden has launched a pop-up at the restaurant called Trixy the first two Mondays of each month. (The next two are July 7 and 14.) “It’s very much in the spirit of what Linden Hall would’ve been,” he says, referring to his Carpinteria restaurant that didn’t come to fruition. “A very neat...
40 Central Coast Farmworkers Detained by ICE in Workplace Raids
At least 40 farmworkers from Santa Maria, Ventura and Oxnard were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Tuesday during workplace raids on agricultural fields. Erica Diaz, senior policy advocate for the Central Coast Alliance United for Sustainable Economy, said it was one of the...
Santa Barbara’s Old Earthquake Yields New Discoveries
Imagine you’ve arrived for your Monday morning shift down on State Street by the railroad tracks, and you’re looking toward the Pacific Ocean as the 6:40 a.m. sun lights the sky. There appears to be a large wave approaching from the channel, but suddenly, it’s the earth — not the sea — that begins to rise from the...
Here’s $20 million in my husband’s name. Plus a note from Warren Buffett
The Music Academy of the West has just bought itself a plot for a year-round Music Education Center. The purchase was facilitated by a $20 million gift from Cheryl Goldberg (pictured), in memory of her husband, Michael Goldberg, a Berkshire Hathaway executive. She said: ‘This gift honors not only the...
Ventura police release details in 2023 homicide; suspect also charged in Ojai woman’s death
The Ventura Police Department has released new details in a 2023 homicide, days after a suspect was arrested and charged in the case. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office charged Christian Alexandre Hillairet, 25, with two counts of murder on June 6. The charges stem from the recent killing of an Ojai woman...
Flag Display Vandalized in Santa Barbara, American Flag Set on Fire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The American flag posted outside First Bank in Santa Barbara was set on fire sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. A caller told your News Channel that someone had burned the American flag outside of First Bank, at the corner of Las Positas Rd. and State St. in Santa Barbara, The...
Vandenberg Rocket Launches Spooking Carpinteria Harbor Seals
The five videos begin with the familiar sight of dozens of harbor seals splayed peacefully on the beach of their Carpinteria rookery. Suddenly, in unison, the colony members raise their heads and look north as the low rumble of a SpaceX rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base culminates in a sonic boom....
