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Why Newsom’s CARE Court Has Struggled to Help Homeless Californians Most in Need

Why Newsom’s CARE Court Has Struggled to Help Homeless Californians Most in Need

Homeless By Marisa Kendall, CalMatters

CARE Court was supposed to be a new way to help homeless Californians in the grip of psychosis. But people are still falling through the cracks.

Republicans Ask Federal Court To Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps

Republicans Ask Federal Court To Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps

Politics By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters

Republicans and the Trump administration are hoping a panel of federal judges in Los Angeles will halt the new Prop. 50 maps from taking effect. But given the Supreme Court’s recent ruling greenlighting Texas’s redrawn maps, their odds are long.

California Schools That Need Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs Can’t Afford Trump’s New Visa Fee

California Schools That Need Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs Can’t Afford Trump’s New Visa Fee

Immigration By Sophie Sullivan and Alina Ta, CalMatters

The Trump Administration is now requiring new H-1B visa applicants to pay $100,000. School districts that depend on hiring foreign workers to fill teacher jobs, especially in special education and bilingual education, say they can’t afford the new fee.

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Journalist Lou Cannon, Who Covered Ronald Reagan for Decades, Dies at 92

Journalist Lou Cannon, Who Covered Ronald Reagan for Decades, Dies at 92

News Commentary By Nick Welsh

Rollover Crash on Bath Street Sends SUV Upside Down, No Injuries Reported

Rollover Crash on Bath Street Sends SUV Upside Down, No Injuries Reported

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

Driver Arrested for DUI After Crashing into Four Parked Cars on Santa Barbara’s Mesa

Driver Arrested for DUI After Crashing into Four Parked Cars on Santa Barbara’s Mesa

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

Major Storm Headed for Santa Barbara Could Impact Holiday Travel Plans, NWS Warns

Major Storm Headed for Santa Barbara Could Impact Holiday Travel Plans, NWS Warns

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

Celesta M. Billeci Joins The Music Center, L.A.’s Performing Arts Center

Celesta M. Billeci Joins The Music Center, L.A.’s Performing Arts Center

Dance By Leslie Dinaberg

Rob Reiner Was More Than a Hollywood Legend. He Helped Shape California Politics

Rob Reiner Was More Than a Hollywood Legend. He Helped Shape California Politics

Politics By Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters

Ghiradelli’s Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop Stakes a Claim on State Street

Ghiradelli’s Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop Stakes a Claim on State Street

Food By Leslie Dinaberg

Driver Killed in Solo Crash on Figueroa Mountain Road Near Santa Ynez

Driver Killed in Solo Crash on Figueroa Mountain Road Near Santa Ynez

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

WWII-Era Grenades Found in Santa Barbara Attic, Prompting Evacuations

WWII-Era Grenades Found in Santa Barbara Attic, Prompting Evacuations

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

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Immigration

California Schools That Need Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs Can’t Afford Trump’s New Visa Fee

California Schools That Need Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs Can’t Afford Trump’s New Visa Fee

Immigration By Sophie Sullivan and Alina Ta, CalMatters

Who Has Access to Santa Barbara’s Automated Traffic Cameras?

Who Has Access to Santa Barbara’s Automated Traffic Cameras?

Public Safety By Ryan P. Cruz

ICE Uses Santa Barbara City College Campus as Staging Ground

ICE Uses Santa Barbara City College Campus as Staging Ground

Immigration By Ryan P. Cruz

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Housing

Laying the Path to Rent Stabilization in Santa Barbara

Laying the Path to Rent Stabilization in Santa Barbara

Housing By Ryan P. Cruz

City of Santa Barbara Breaks Ground on ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Project

City of Santa Barbara Breaks Ground on ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Project

Housing By Nick Welsh

Isla Vista Rental Inspection Program Hits Halfway Point

Isla Vista Rental Inspection Program Hits Halfway Point

Housing By Christina McDermott

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Energy

Diablo Canyon Clears Hurdle to Stay Open Until at Least 2030

Diablo Canyon Clears Hurdle to Stay Open Until at Least 2030

Energy By Ella Heydenfeldt & Callie Fausey

Sable Offshore Looking for Way Around State Fire Marshal to Restart Oil Pipeline

Sable Offshore Looking for Way Around State Fire Marshal to Restart Oil Pipeline

Energy By Nick Welsh

New Drilling and More Spilling? New Oil and Gas Drilling Threatens Central Coast

New Drilling and More Spilling? New Oil and Gas Drilling Threatens Central Coast

Environment By Callie Fausey

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Community

Celesta M. Billeci Joins The Music Center, L.A.’s Performing Arts Center

Celesta M. Billeci Joins The Music Center, L.A.’s Performing Arts Center

Dance By Leslie Dinaberg

Santa Barbara Volleyball Club to Build New Indoor Facility

Santa Barbara Volleyball Club to Build New Indoor Facility

Sports By Ryan P. Cruz

Historic Ortega Park Murals Vandalized in Early December

Historic Ortega Park Murals Vandalized in Early December

Community By Emily Vesper

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Health

Cruise Ship Stirs Old Fears with Norovirus Scare. Santa Barbara Officials Say It’s Under Control

Cruise Ship Stirs Old Fears with Norovirus Scare. Santa Barbara Officials Say It’s Under Control

Health By Ella Heydenfeldt

Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health ‘Definitely Concerned’ by Federal Withdrawal of Vaccine Recommendation

Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health ‘Definitely Concerned’ by Federal Withdrawal of Vaccine Recommendation

Health By Callie Fausey

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Recalled Vega Farms, Inc. In-shell Eggs

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Recalled Vega Farms, Inc. In-shell Eggs

Announcement By California Department of Public Health

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Politics

Republicans Ask Federal Court To Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps

Republicans Ask Federal Court To Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps

Politics By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters

Rob Reiner Was More Than a Hollywood Legend. He Helped Shape California Politics

Rob Reiner Was More Than a Hollywood Legend. He Helped Shape California Politics

Politics By Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps Launches Reelection Campaign

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps Launches Reelection Campaign

Politics By Ryan P. Cruz

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Public Safety

Rollover Crash on Bath Street Sends SUV Upside Down, No Injuries Reported

Rollover Crash on Bath Street Sends SUV Upside Down, No Injuries Reported

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

Driver Arrested for DUI After Crashing into Four Parked Cars on Santa Barbara’s Mesa

Driver Arrested for DUI After Crashing into Four Parked Cars on Santa Barbara’s Mesa

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

Major Storm Headed for Santa Barbara Could Impact Holiday Travel Plans, NWS Warns

Major Storm Headed for Santa Barbara Could Impact Holiday Travel Plans, NWS Warns

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

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Infrastructure

Santa Barbara Plan to Protect Wastewater Systems from Climate Disaster

Santa Barbara Plan to Protect Wastewater Systems from Climate Disaster

Infrastructure By Ella Heydenfeldt

Solvang Wastewater Treatment Plant to Get Upgrade Using $1M Federal Grant

Solvang Wastewater Treatment Plant to Get Upgrade Using $1M Federal Grant

Infrastructure By Callie Fausey

Power Outage Affects Residents, Businesses in Santa Barbara

Power Outage Affects Residents, Businesses in Santa Barbara

Infrastructure By Ryan P. Cruz

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Environment

Sable Offshore Oil Guilty of ‘Systemic Non-Compliance’

Sable Offshore Oil Guilty of ‘Systemic Non-Compliance’

Environment By Nick Welsh

Santa Barbara County Supervisors Support ‘Making Polluters Pay’

Santa Barbara County Supervisors Support ‘Making Polluters Pay’

Environment By Callie Fausey

Rescued Seabirds Released Back to the Wild Following Oil Slick

Rescued Seabirds Released Back to the Wild Following Oil Slick

Environment By Ella Heydenfeldt

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Business

Ghiradelli’s Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop Stakes a Claim on State Street

Ghiradelli’s Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop Stakes a Claim on State Street

Food By Leslie Dinaberg

‘Grim,’ ‘Bleak,’ ‘Tough,’ and ‘Painful’: Santa Barbara Supervisors Looking at Serious Cuts

‘Grim,’ ‘Bleak,’ ‘Tough,’ and ‘Painful’: Santa Barbara Supervisors Looking at Serious Cuts

Business By Nick Welsh

‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Rumblings Continue

‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Rumblings Continue

Business By Nick Welsh

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Science & Tech

Is Social Media Causing a Modern Moral Panic?

Is Social Media Causing a Modern Moral Panic?

Science & Tech By Keith Hamm, UCSB’s ’The Current'

NIH Backs UC Santa Barbara Virtual Reality Project to Help Older Adults Build Real Social Connections

NIH Backs UC Santa Barbara Virtual Reality Project to Help Older Adults Build Real Social Connections

Science & Tech By Debra Herrick, UCSB's 'The Current'

Goleta-Based Startup Is Turning Plant Waste into Biofuel, with a Side of Vanilla

Goleta-Based Startup Is Turning Plant Waste into Biofuel, with a Side of Vanilla

Science & Tech By Ella Heydenfeldt

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Courts & Crime

Historic Ortega Park Murals Vandalized in Early December

Historic Ortega Park Murals Vandalized in Early December

Community By Emily Vesper

Santa Barbara Driver in Fatal Cliff Drive Hit-and-Run Sentenced to Two Years in State Prison

Santa Barbara Driver in Fatal Cliff Drive Hit-and-Run Sentenced to Two Years in State Prison

Courts & Crime By Ella Heydenfeldt

Attempted Murder Defendant Said ‘Head-Link’ with Katy Perry Directed Him to Ty Warner’s Home

Attempted Murder Defendant Said ‘Head-Link’ with Katy Perry Directed Him to Ty Warner’s Home

Courts & Crime By Tyler Hayden

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News Commentary

Journalist Lou Cannon, Who Covered Ronald Reagan for Decades, Dies at 92

Journalist Lou Cannon, Who Covered Ronald Reagan for Decades, Dies at 92

News Commentary By Nick Welsh

To Santa Barbara City Council: Don’t Sell Paseo Nuevo Short

To Santa Barbara City Council: Don’t Sell Paseo Nuevo Short

News Commentary By Indy Staff

‘There Is No Plan B’ for Paseo Nuevo, S.B. City Hall Chief Says, as Key Council Vote Looms

‘There Is No Plan B’ for Paseo Nuevo, S.B. City Hall Chief Says, as Key Council Vote Looms

News Commentary By Jerry Roberts

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Wildfire

Santa Barbara County Fire Department Awarded Grant Funding for the Santa Barbara Vegetation Management Program (VMP) and Ignition Prevention Project

Santa Barbara County Fire Department Awarded Grant Funding for the Santa Barbara Vegetation Management Program (VMP) and Ignition Prevention Project

Announcement By Santa Barbara County Fire Department

Talk on California’s Wildfire Crisis Kicks off IHC Public Series at UC Santa Barbara

Talk on California’s Wildfire Crisis Kicks off IHC Public Series at UC Santa Barbara

Wildfire By Keith Hamm, UCSB's 'The Current'

Gifford Fire Containment Grows to 97 Percent

Gifford Fire Containment Grows to 97 Percent

Wildfire By Jean Yamamura

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Education

California Schools That Need Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs Can’t Afford Trump’s New Visa Fee

California Schools That Need Foreign Workers for Teacher Jobs Can’t Afford Trump’s New Visa Fee

Immigration By Sophie Sullivan and Alina Ta, CalMatters

CSUCI Announces Channel Islands Tuition Promise for Eligible California Students Beginning Fall 2026

Announcement By Cal State Channel Islands

Santa Barbara Unified School Board Shakes Up Finance Committee Amid Annual Budget Report

Santa Barbara Unified School Board Shakes Up Finance Committee Amid Annual Budget Report

Education By Ella Heydenfeldt

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Homeless

Why Newsom’s CARE Court Has Struggled to Help Homeless Californians Most in Need

Why Newsom’s CARE Court Has Struggled to Help Homeless Californians Most in Need

Homeless By Marisa Kendall, CalMatters

One of Santa Barbara’s Once Homeless Pays It Forward

One of Santa Barbara’s Once Homeless Pays It Forward

Homeless By Nick Welsh

Massive Changes in Store for Homeless Care

Massive Changes in Store for Homeless Care

Homeless By Nick Welsh

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Transportation

Major Storm Headed for Santa Barbara Could Impact Holiday Travel Plans, NWS Warns

Major Storm Headed for Santa Barbara Could Impact Holiday Travel Plans, NWS Warns

Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt

SBA to ATL No More: Delta Cancels Direct Flights Between Santa Barbara and Atlanta

SBA to ATL No More: Delta Cancels Direct Flights Between Santa Barbara and Atlanta

Transportation By Ella Heydenfeldt

Highway 154 Drainage Maintenance Project to Result in Daytime Traffic Control Tuesday, Nov. 25

Highway 154 Drainage Maintenance Project to Result in Daytime Traffic Control Tuesday, Nov. 25

Announcement By Caltrans

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Cannabis

Santa Barbara County’s Cannabis Revenues Continue Long, Slow Slide

Santa Barbara County’s Cannabis Revenues Continue Long, Slow Slide

Cannabis By Nick Welsh

California’s Marijuana Industry Gets a Break Under New Law Suspending Tax Hike

California’s Marijuana Industry Gets a Break Under New Law Suspending Tax Hike

Cannabis By Nadia Lathan, CalMatters

Santa Barbara County Caps Cannabis Acreage; Responds to Grand Jury

Santa Barbara County Caps Cannabis Acreage; Responds to Grand Jury

Cannabis By Ryan P. Cruz

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