The City of Santa Barbara’s Sustainability & Resilience Department has begun developing a 30-Year Waterfront Adaptation Plan and is pleased to invite community members to participate in the process.

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At the Santa Barbara Film Festival writers panel, Jesse Eisenberg, Mona Fastvold, Peter Straughan, and more dig into their process.

California’s smallest paychecks averaged 25% growth during the past five years. The largest earners got just 19%.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct prescribed pile burns along Paradise Road today, Monday, Feb. 10, and tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb.

Update by the edhat staff 2:00 p.m., An EVACUATION ORDER has been issued for the identified properties associated with the ...

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