How to Transform Santa Barbara’s Landscapes
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is collaborating with Elings Park and others to plant the seeds for native plant sanctuaries along the Central Coast.
Recent Stories
Santa Barbara Unified School Board Appoints New Member to Fill Vacancy
New school boardmember Dr. Sunita Beall says, “Teachers need to have a living wage.”
Story Poles on Carpinteria Bluffs Reignite Concerns over Proposed 99-Room Resort and Farmhouse
Community members say they plan to fight the proposal, while the developers say the project would make 14 acres of privately owned property available for public use and create 40 units of affordable housing.
Santa Barbara Unified School District Miscalculated How Much It Underpaid Teachers by $3.5M
The district has refiled its waiver with the state after discovering it paid $3.2 million less on salaries than state-mandated minimum, not $6.7 million.
New California Laws Aim to Make Golden State Greener in 2024
These environmentally friendly state laws target gas-powered lawn tools, deceptive recycling symbols, orphan wells, and more.
SBCC Helping High Schoolers Get on Future-Focused Bandwagon in New Year
Get Focused, Stay Focused conference returns to Santa Barbara City College to promote dual enrollment and career-planning curriculum.
Santa Barbara DA Files Charges in Two Christmas Day Crashes Involving Alleged Drunk Drivers
Alleged wrong-way driver faces multiple felonies in a “multi-casualty incident” on Highway 101 while a Santa Maria man has been charged with manslaughter in a fatal Highway 166 collision.
Santa Barbara County Environmental Efforts Receive the Gift of Green This Holiday Season
Grants to fund nearly $17 million in climate-resilient projects and agricultural land conservation, as well as $1 million in recycling infrastructure.
How to (Responsibly) Toss Your Christmas Tree in Santa Barbara County
Here are the options available to residents for sustainably disposing of their trees after the holidays.
Erasing Santa Barbara’s Offshore Platforms
Environmental authorities choose complete removal as the preferred decommissioning method.
