Police Barricades Capsize Floatopia
While increased police presence successfully prevented the occurence of a possible Floatopia this past weekend, the county may decide to prevent beach access again this weekend.
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While increased police presence successfully prevented the occurence of a possible Floatopia this past weekend, the county may decide to prevent beach access again this weekend.
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Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District employees effectively avoided a threatened strike after members of Teamsters Local 186 union voted to adopt a new contract on Friday. After nine months of n...
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44 year-old Santa Barbara resident Danny Lee McLaughlin leapt to his death from the Santa Barbara court house clock tower on the afternoon of March 8. A group of tourists called police after seeing Mc...
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The Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the entire U.S. west coast earlier this morning following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan.
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Northwestern Professor John Michael Bailey sparked controversy after he allowed his human sexuality lecture to view a live after-class sex-toy demonstration.
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Thought cigarettes were the ultimate cancer-sticks? Think again.
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County officials and experts will meet tomorrow for “Beyond Socks and Blankets,” a forum about the possible causes of and solutions for homelessness in Santa Barbara.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department will discuss possible solutions for county jail overcrowding during a meeting at the Santa Maria City Hall’s Council Chamber tonight.
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The International House of Pancakes is giving away free pancakes today in celebration of National Pancake Day.
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The Santa Barbara Channelkeeper issued a mandate to the city of Santa Barbara, insisting that the city’s waste processing system cease leaking sewage and comply with the federal government’s Clean...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress yesterday the Obama administration would no longer support the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act, reversing its pre...
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Sixty-nine years ago yesterday, a Japanese submarine attacked an oil field at Ellwood, firing shells from its 5.5” deck gun onto shore about a dozen miles west of Santa Barbara.
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Local DJs Steve Huerta and Eugene Albert, better known as DJ GO FUNK URSELF and YOOJ, will spin tonight for Indochine’s weekly college night.
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NASA launched a Taurus XL rocket at the Vandenberg Air Force Base this morning at 2:09 a.m.
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The McEnroe Reading and Language Arts Center, a literacy research institution based in the Gevirtz School of Education, is set to open in September 2011.
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