Annual Dog Event Encourages Community Adoptions

The K-9 Placement and Assistance League, Inc. held its third annual Dog Adoption Festival and K-9 P.A.L.S. Great Ball Drop Raffle fundraiser yesterday in downtown Santa Barbara to help improve the San...
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Book Sale Raises Funding for Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood kicked off their 37th annual used book sale on Thursday at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in an effort to help fund the organization’s locations within the tri-county area. The volun...
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SBCC President Friedlander Attends White House Conference

Santa Barbara City College Superintendent/President Dr. Jack Friedlander attended the Winning the Future initiative conference Wednesday night at the White House to discuss policies for improving the ...
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Air Force Calls Off Test on Peace Day

The Air Force Global Strike Command cancelled yesterday’s scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in order to finish anal...
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Santa Barbara Remembers 9/11 Events 10 Years Later

Santa Barbara County residents gathered at several local memorials on Sunday to honor the victims of the September 11 attacks exactly 10 years after the tragedy struck. The events included a “Day of...
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Santa Barbara Airport Opens More Modern Terminal

The Santa Barbara Airport opened its new terminal on August 18 to improve services and amenities for the 750,000 passengers travelling annually through the Goleta airfield. The $54 million project con...
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SB County Prison Sees Increase in Jail Fights

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Department is investigating the cause of seven fights that occurred within a two-week period last month at the Santa Barbara County Jail.
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Goleta Launches Creek Project

The Goleta City Council unanimously approved a construction contract for the San Jose Creek Capacity Improvement and Fish Passage Project to alleviate the flood threat in the area’s Old Town during ...
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Fire Department Urges Caution

The Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. announced that June 6 is the official start of this year’s high-fire season in Santa Barbara.
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Stabbing Case Continues

Benjamin Vargas pled not guilty last Thursday to the first-degree murder of 26-year-old Santa Barbara resident Vincent Velasquez, who was stabbed to death earlier this month.
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SB Police Apprehend Suspect in I.V. Murder

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested 20-year-old Benjamin Vargas on Tuesday for his alleged connection to the murder of 26-year-old Vincent Velasquez on the 6600 block of Abrego Road ea...
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Local Organization Holds Benefit for Japanese City

The Santa Barbara-Toba Sister City Organization will host a fundraiser tonight at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion to support a coastal city damaged in the earthquake that struck Japan last month. The “Oy...
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PETA Challenges Neverland Zoo

Animal rights activists sent a letter last week requesting that the owners of Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch transform the property into a wildlife sanctuary. People for the Ethical Treatment of ...
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Green Group Probes Pesticide Issue

Partners of the Santa Barbara County’s Go Green Landscape Consortium endorsed proper toxic material disposal at a press conference yesterday afternoon.
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Tea Fire Victims Continue Lawsuit Against Owners

A couple who suffered extensive burns after they were caught in the 2008 Tea Fire above Montecito is suing the owners of the property where the fire started.
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