Santa Barbara County News

Radu Azdril, founder of Showstoppers in 1993, directs this series of funny melodramas, with heroes and heroines, villains of every size and description, maidens in distress, and many wonderful songs to link each story to the next.

In honor of the completion of an extensive remodel, the Lompoc Animal Shelter , located at 1501 W. Central in Lompoc, will be holding a ribbon cutting celebration.

A former Lompoc youth soccer coach has pleaded guilty to four counts of child molestation, and will serve 30 years in prison as a result.

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will be closed to general visitation on Wednesday, June 19 due to a Red Flag Warning of High Fire Danger issued by our Santa Barbara Fire Department for parts of Santa Barbara County.

A red flag warning indicating a high risk of wildfire was issued today for forest and mountain areas of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties because of high winds, low humidity and bone-dry vegetation.

Look for just a little bit of cooling today as the broad trough along the west coast sags just a bit.

In the late 1980s, around the time that Drake Whitcraft was learning how to ride a skateboard, Santa Barbara County vintners were finally starting to embrace and employ sophisticated grape-growing and winemaking techniques.

The power couple, who recently purchased a new mansion in Montecito, California, for $26.5 million, have just put the modestly-decorated penthouse on the market, which was reportedly likely to only have ever been used by family members or personal staff.

Three people escaped without injury Tuesday night from a Goleta home that was engulfed in flames, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department .

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Santa Barbara County's South Coast and mountain areas due to dry, hot and gusty weather conditions that are expected to pick up steam early Wednesday.

The state budget that passed the Legislature last week contains language that could gut the California Public Records Act , the 1968 law that requires "the people's business" to be conducted transparently and ensures that the public has access to most government records.

The 3 Palms Project, Allen Associates' recently completed Platinum LEED for Homes project on the beach near Carpinteria, is featured in the July/August issue of Dwell Magazine .

Santa Barbara County had four winners in this year's Music Teachers Association of California VOCE competition, held at Chapman University in Orange, CA on April 21,2013.

June 17, 2013 - Los Olivos, California - Underground Energy Corporation announces that it has received notice from the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. that the Exchange intends to halt the Company's shares from trading on the Exchange in the event the Company has not paid its annual sustaining fees by Friday, June 21, 2013.

I just received an alert about a brush fire in Gaviota along the train tracks at Calle Mariposa Reina.

Montecito Bank & Trust is pleased to announce that Suzi Schomer has joined the bank as a vice president and business development officer, reporting to Jeff Pittman, senior vice president and director of Wealth Management.

On June 17, 2013, at approximately 6:54 a.m., an off-duty Sheriff's Deputy observed a possible "Panga" boat on the shoreline of Tajiguas Beach, north of Refugio State Beach.

The Oceano Services District Board of Directors appointed an interim general manager last week to replace the Tom Geaslen, who was recently terminated for cause.

Fire agencies throughout Southern California will offer their assessment of expected fire activity over the summer months at 11:30 a.m. Agencies include the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the United States Forest Service, CAL FIRE, California Emergency Management Agency , Orange County Fire Authority, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, ... (more)

The Pacific Coast Business Times has named Dr. Anupama Sharma, Pediatrician for the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics , as the Champion of Primary Care for 2013 in their annual Champions in Healthcare series.