City establishes criteria for ranking priority of infrastructure projects; roads to be repaved this year are already set in stone but the 2026 list is still TBD.
Battery chemistry and location details matter when it comes to fire; City Council to meet about new construction electrification ordinance, encouraging battery storage systems.
Undisclosed amount of money taken in reported theft on Carpinteria Street.
New Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association and Community Business Improvement District take their place.
Residents within and near the Lake Fire burn scar are advised to get ready to leave should an evacuation order be called ahead of a storm expected to drop between three and six inches of rain in the county’s foothills.
City of Santa Barbara says work continues for one more day.
The nonprofit is getting out of affordable senior rentals and getting into grants for housing.
The county held a public meeting to address disaster readiness and protocols.
Community video forum on Tuesday gives residents a chance to hear answers and learn how to take action.
Deteriorating concrete leads to bridge replacements; the project includes naturalizing the stream bed of Refugio Creek for steelhead fish passage.
