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Announcement By City of Goleta

Goleta Valley Library Receives Milestone Gift Toward Capital Campaign

GOLETA, CA, April 17, 2026 – The Goleta Valley Library (GVL) capital campaign is going strong! Thanks to a generous donation from

Letters By Dale Zurawski, S.B.

Rent Squeeze

For two decades, I’ve owned two small six-unit apartment buildings in Santa Barbara, and I’ve tried to be the kind of owner I’d want for my own family.

Letters By Scott McCann, Goleta

Prevent Sexual Assault

About 21 percent of females and 25 percent of males experience sexual violence in their lifetime, a fact we should highlight during April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness month.

Community By Elaine Sanders

Goleta Valley Family Seeks Support After Being Displaced by Deadly House Fire

Tuesday’s house fire on the 5000 block of Amberly Place took the life of an 89-year-old woman and two pets, leaving five family members and their pets displaced.

Courts & Crime By Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office

Killer in 1988 Santa Maria Cold Case Sentenced to Life Without Possibility of Parole

Georgia man Aloysius James was sentenced almost 38 years after he raped and murdered Ofelia Sandoval on September 18, 1988, In Santa Maria.

Announcement By UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

UCSB Autism Center Donates Children’s Books to Area Schools in Celebration of Autism Acceptance Month

SANTA BARBARA – For April Autism Acceptance Month, the Koegel Autism Center at the UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School

Science & Tech By Sonia Fernandez, UCSB’s ‘The Current’

Researchers Uncover ‘Treasure Trove’ of Bioactive Molecules in Coral Reefs

UC Santa Barbara marine biologist Rebecca Vega Thurber is part of a research team that found previously unknown metabolites with the potential to provide the basis for new drugs and a host of other products.

Environment By Ella Heydenfeldt

‘Everything’s Getting Pinched’: UCSB and Isla Vista Grapple with Constricting Coastline

A relocated fence at Anacapa Resident Hall’s “pinch point” marks the start of UCSB’s response to sea-level rise — while just next door in Isla Vista, the coastline is shifting faster than the plan to manage it.

Visual Arts By Josef Woodard

Young Art Making Its Way

“Re-Encounter,” this year’s senior art exhibition at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, features themes of young artists processing past and future lives.