Montecito News

Police in Santa Barbara are looking for a man they say robbed a bank in Montecito Wednesday evening.

Poison Pen Out of Ink: Travis Armstrong, Santa Barbara News-Press editorial page editor and arguably the most hated man in town, is gone from the powerful post he abused for so long.

The southern conduit of the Tecolate tunnel. COMB Districts Dispute over Costs to Build "Second Barrel" Supply Line Monday, November 2, 2009 Despite its plan to begin construction on several water supply reliability projects as early as next year, the Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board may have to wait.

The tall stranger in the Stetson strides slowly into Santa Barbara's City Hall as a lone guitar plays in the background.

George Washington Smith made his name creating Spanish Colonial Revival mansions in Montecito and Santa Barbara from 1917 to 1930, but the Pennsylvania-born architect and painter also left his mark on Beverly Hills, Pasadena and San Marino.

Two banks with tri-county operations have received orders from federal regulators to raise capital.

Harwood "Bendy" White is the classic Santa Barbara insider who's long played the role of loyal opposition.

If money is the mother's milk of politics, then Santa Barbara voters should be drowning in it by now.

Montecito, CA-- Bright stars lit up the sky Thursday night in Montecito, as Hollywood's brightest turned out to honor esteemed director Quentin Tarantino.

With a backdrop of smoothly flowing traffic, a small gathering of local leaders met near the Montecito Roundabout on Wednesday to celebrate its completion.

Leaders on the south coast will celebrate the completion of a new roadway Wednesday morning.

Kristen Tippelt has joined Peoples' Self-Help Housing as a social worker in the Supportive Housing Program.

It's time to pull those rain boots out of the closet, Santa Barbara. The next few days are likely to deliver more rain in one storm than the region usually sees in the whole month of October.

The Weather Service is expected to issue a Flash Flood Watch this afternoon to alert residents to possible flooding risks.

Every day, women around the world have to walk for hours to fetch water for drinking, cooking and bathing - water that is often not even clean.

With an anniversary near and the aftermath in plain sight, fire prevention crew-saders illustrated useful tactics to third- and fourth-graders with help from the mobile Fire Safety House, simulating real fire situations within the home.

Ita s September! That means summer is over and the kids are back in school. Time to clean up from all the summer fun.

"Celebrate Summerland" is the theme for the town's first communitywide celebration, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and sponsored by the Summerland Business Association, MarBorg Industries and Montecito Bank & Trust .

Santa Barbara City Councilmember Grant House denied he had any outstanding tax problems with any government agency, as was alleged in paid TV commercials aired by Preserve Our Santa Barbara, a political action committee funded by Montecito resident and Texas housing developer Randall Van Wolfswinkel.

ANTENNA BRIGADE: The move to put up more than 100 wireless data antennas throughout southern Santa Barbara County is riling some residents.