Goleta News

The 'AVOID the 12' DUI Task Force is deploying officers this holiday weekend at a DUI / Driver's License Checkpoint and DUI Saturation Patrols countywide to arrest impaired drivers and to keep the public aware of the dangers of driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs.

A two-vehicle accident near Goleta on Thursday sent one car into the creek, but no one was hurt, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department .

In local news: SB Police and Fire Departments responded to an illegal RV camper, the public can now review a Mitigated Negative Declaration for a safety project on Hwy 101 in Gaviota, and Edhatters talk termites.

It's like a sci-fi steampunk dream: eight 70-year-old piston engines the size of railway cars, each pumping and grinding with the power of 5,800 horses in a steady effort to compress natural gas, which is piped in from a dusty region far away, and send it deep into the bowels of the earth, where a rocky reservoir stores energy that society later ... (more)

I wondered why Saudi mega-developer Kha- lid S. Al Shobily plunked down $25 million on the 265 acres last December when only 40 acres can legally be built on.

UC Santa Barbara gave the Goleta City Council an update Tuesday night on the planned San Joaquin student housing project at Storke and El Colegio roads, which backs up against the Storke Ranch neighborhood.

I took three different evening beach walks recently which all have unique views and wildlife: Hendry's beach from Hope Ranch area, with an interesting "bird" looking down from the cliffs; Goleta Slough at the east end of Goleta Beach; and Rincon looking toward Rincon Mountain with a side view of the peaceful creek that flows into the ocean.

The Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Bennett, city councilman for the City of Goleta, to the CAC Board of Directors.

The Goleta City Council made it clear Tuesday that it strongly opposes a Santa Barbara County Fire Department cost-cutting plan to reduce staffing at Station 11 in the coming fiscal year.

SYNERGY Business & Technology Center will host two business networking events this week on Tuesday 5/21/13 and Wednesday 5/22/13 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

Does anyone have a firsthand recommendation for a Tai Chi class and/or instructor in the Santa Barbara or preferably Goleta area? Call Sino-West Performing Arts in Old Town Goleta.

Several customers in the Univ./Patterson area are reporting strong sediment in their water yesterday/today. Many have encountered problems with softeners, water heaters, ROs, etc due to this.

Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara announces Take Our Daughters to Work Day, a day offering girls in seventh through 12th grade the opportunity to job-shadow various companies in the Santa Barbara area.

Strong, gusty winds are expected to develop over Santa Barbara County's South Coast on Saturday evening and the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory until 3 a.m. Sunday.

The Very Rev. Father Nicholas Speier of St. Athanasius Orthodox Church at the Sumida Garden Lane site of what will soon be the new home of his parish in Goleta.

UCSB student organization Street Health Outreach recently created an online petition to allow people to live in their cars in vacant Isla Vista parking lots without risk of being ticketed.

Share your business news, including employee announcements and personnel moves, by emailing news@noozhawk.com .] The nutritional product used by professional athletes at Santa Barbara's P3 facility will become available to the public next week.

A 20-year-old Buellton man was arrested Thursday after he and several other suspects broke into a Goleta business, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department .

The Rotary Club of Montecito Foundation recently presented $1,000 scholarships to 10 SBCC students.

LOS ANGELES , May 16, 2013 - Today is International Lagwagon Day to punkers around the world.