Santa Barbara County News

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One person was killed early Monday in a head-on collision on Highway 166 near Cuyama, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department .

Many signs pointed to the fact that things were getting out of hand in Isla Vista.

Glenn Morris, the new president/chief executive officer of the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor & Convention Bureau, is eager to support entrepreneurship.

Subtropical moisture pushing up the coast from Baja California is bringing above-normal temperatures and more humidity to Santa Barbara County.

For going on 50 years, local participating artists say they love Sunday outlet but want more attention, advertising to sustain it Locals and visitors check out the Santa Barbara Arts and Craft Show every Sunday near Stearns Wharf.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Colleen Sterne denied the city of Santa Barbara-proposed gang injunction this past Tuesday, ending a two-year fight between injunction proponents and opponents since the case's trial concluded in June.

Three people were injured in a vehicle rollover crash on a Highway 101 offramp at Clark Avenue in Santa Maria.

The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team is looking for new members to fill its next search and rescue training academy.

Santa Barbara County Fire responded to a structure fire at the 500 block of Ripley Street in Goleta early Saturday morning, Capt.

Some readers may recall the UC Santa Barbara professor who was so incensed at seeing pro-life demonstrators that she attacked a teenage girl and stole her protest sign.

A dog was mauled to death at a Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter on Thursday after the gates to several kennels were left open, releasing several dogs.

The Pacific Coast Business Times is pleased to announce our 2014 class of Spirit of Small Business award winners.

After two weeks of physical and mental challenges, 23 local young people representing six different law enforcement agencies will graduate on Saturday, July 26, from the Central Coast Law Enforcement Explorer Academy at the Dick DeWees Community Center located at 1120 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced today a new partnership with Makar Properties to open its newest boutique hotel in Goleta, Calif., The Goodland.

On Friday, state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson will be joining over 400 children at the annual Food4Kids Summer Concert Series at summer meal sites throughout the county where children are receiving free, healthy meals.

Share your business news, including employee announcements and personnel moves, by emailing news@noozhawk.com.] A Wells Fargo bank will move into the former Blockbuster location on Milpas Street in Santa Barbara, slated to open in early 2015.

Santa Barbara's tourism industry posted its highest numbers in city history last year, revealing that more people are visiting the area and contributing more cash to city coffers.

An associate professor of feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor charges - including battery - related to a confrontation she had with an anti-abortion group on campus in March.

The first 300 dogs or cats to sign up in the month of August will receive half off participating organizations' already affordable surgery prices.