Creek Week Art Contest Winners Announced
GOLETA, CA, September 26, 2025 – The wait is over, and we now know the winners of the 2025 Creek Week Art
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Representative Salud Carbajal Honored With NHSA PROMISE Award for Championing Early Childhood Education
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Head Start Association (NHSA) is pleased to present the NHSA PROMISE (Protecting Our Most Important Students
Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association Hosted Launch Event and Ribbon Cutting
Santa Barbara, CA. September 26, 2025 – The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) hosted a Ribbon Cutting and Launch Event
McCartney Ticket Blues
The process for acquiring tickets promised they would be acquirable in a fair and equitable way. The actual process on the morning of the ticket sale suggested that some automated or bot process was actively competing.
California Law Forbids ICE from Making Arrests at Courthouses. Officers Are Showing Up Anyway
A California law bans immigration enforcement at courthouses. ICE under the Trump administration is detaining people there, anyway, arguing it’s a safe place to apprehend someone.
Formal Statement of Support and Endorsement
We, the direct lineal descendants of the Chumash villages of Mikiw and Kuyamu, write in strong support of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council’s effort to acquire and protect Dos Pueblos Ranch.
False Claims of Chumash Heritage
Readers of “Santa Barbara’s Dos Pueblos Ranch Is Sold, Almost” may be forgiven if they accept the article’s false premise that this is a story about Indigenous Chumash on the cusp of re-acquiring their lands.
Chemist Grace Han Named Moore Inventor Fellow
The UC Santa Barbara associate professor’s research centers on solar fuels that capture sunlight and convert it into usable heat.
When Care Becomes Conditional, Everyone Pays
Protecting health-care access is not charity; it is common sense. Healthy families keep businesses running, children in school, and emergency systems from becoming overwhelmed.
Say ‘No!’ to Crazy Development Projects
Please comment to the city about two massive housing projects that will significantly and permanently cause negative impacts to all of us.
