Undercover Police Foil Murderous Plot

A Goleta resident who attempted to hire a hit man to kill a Bel Air couple and a former business partner in 2010 was sentenced to six years in federal prison on Monday. Eugene Darryl Temkin, 51, was a...
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UCSB Begins Public Response Team Training

UCSB Emergency Services will kick off its free eight-week Community Early Response Team training course this evening to help the community develop effective response skills for large-scale disasters. ...
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Nonprofit Supports Sustainable Habits

The Fund for Santa Barbara donated $16,000 to Santa Barbara Channelkeeper in order to promote water quality and sustainable practices in Santa Barbara County.
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Unidentified Suspect Robs Goleta Bank

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to a bank robbery at 10:11 a.m. Friday morning at the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust on the 5000 block of Hollister Avenue.
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SB Social Services Face Funding Cuts

Santa Barbara County Executive Officer Chandra Wallar offered a budget proposal last week cutting $1.2 million from the Human Services Commission’s funding. The proposed budget reduction would decre...
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Police Blotter

Isla Vista’s finest arrested a would-be prophet Saturday for public intoxication — whether the officers were converted to believers was not included in the police report. The boys in blue found a ...
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Racist Graffiti Marks Up SB County School

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. is investigating a crime involving racially offensive vandalism that occurred last weekend at the Ralph Dunlap Elementary School in Santa Maria. The school...
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Convict Transfer To Create Issues in County Prisons

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last week that would relocate some felons from state to county jails in an effort to alleviate overcrowded prisons. Assembly Bill 109 permits the state to transfer juris...
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Earth Day Fair Gets Green

The Community Environmental Council is hosting their 41st annual Earth Day Festival this weekend in downtown Santa Barbara’s Alameda Park. The organization will host the event this Saturday and Sund...
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Health Care Federation in Jeopardy

The House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill last week that will reduce federal funding for Planned Parenthoods throughout the nation.
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Bill Opposes Shark Finning

State Assemblymembers Paul Fong and Jared Huffman introduced a bill to the legislature last Friday that would ban the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins in California.
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Reps Lobby for Fiscal Review

Several Goleta city representatives traveled to Sacramento on Monday to discuss Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal with Assemblymember Das Williams and State Senator Tony Strickland.
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Hotel Gets Makeover

A group of Los Angeles investors recently purchased the Hotel Californian and two neighboring properties on lower State Street with plans to begin construction of a new luxury hotel.
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Housing Cooperative Reaches Out to Community

The Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative is hosting an event tonight to familiarize the community with the new Interfaith Cooperative House and Community Space.
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Low Finances Restrict Police Station Repair

The Santa Barbara Police Dept. building is in dangerous disrepair yet struggles to obtain the funding to undergo the necessary renovations.
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