Santa Barbara CA

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A local bridge project is holding up well under historic and unusual rainfall this time of year. The De La Vina Bridge Over Mission Creek Replacement Project is being tested for the first time with back-to-back storms and heavy runoff. Behind the green fencing and idle earthmovers,...

The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission will host its annual Thanksgiving Feast, dedicated to serving community members in need and homeless guests, 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26 in the Rescue Mission dining hall, 535 E. Yanonali St., Santa Barbara. “For many, Thanksgiving is a time of abundance and gratitude, but for...

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 team of security guards checked backpacks, tote bags, and purses as more than four hundred people filtered into Isla...

The Santa Barbara Channel is a hotbed of biodiversity, thanks to the many species whose ranges meet and overlap in the area. As a transition zone between the cold water of the California Current and the warmer seawaters of Southern California, the channel hosts a variety of fish, birds and marine mammals that live...

For more than a century, Stearns Wharf has stood as one of Santa Barbara’s most iconic landmarks and a place where the city meets the sea. The wooden wharf has survived storms and fires, standing strong for more than 150 years. Steamships carried passengers to Stearns Wharf for more...

A series of wet storms have dropped between 3 and 13 inches of rain over Santa Barbara County since Nov. 13, with another possibly stronger storm expected to arrive Thursday. Rain totals for the 4-day period ending 8 a.m. Monday saw 3.65 inches in Santa Maria, 5.52 inches in Santa Ynez, 3.82 inches in Lompoc, 13.09...

The family of James ‘Dingo’ Dominguez, a 58-year-old Santa Barbara native and Marine veteran whose body was found in September after going missing during a July training row on Flathead Lake in Montana, has announced a public memorial for him in January 2026. The memorial, ‘Dingo’s Celebration of...

Santa Barbara County’s agricultural and epicurean bounties were on full display this week at Rincon Hill Farm in Carpinteria, where legendary chef Jacques Pépin was toasted at one of the 90 dinners being held across the world to celebrate his 90th birthday. Pépin did not himself attend the...

Caltrans has finished the first phase of a long-planned safety overhaul at one of Lompoc’s most dangerous intersections, permanently eliminating left turns from Santa Lucia Canyon Road onto northbound Highway 1. The restriction, completed in recent weeks, follows a deadly history at the crossing. A December 2024...

Santa Barbara County is developing a plan to avoid significant layoffs proposed for the county’s social services department. The county faces a projected $7.4 million shortfall in the agency because of state and federal funding cuts. In October, county officials proposed layoffs that would have impacted 65 full-time...