Hollister Fire in Santa Barbara County at 100 Acres, 20 Percent Contained
Evacuations were ordered late Saturday afternoon for the area between Alegria Canyon and Agua Caliente Canyon north of Hollister Ranch Road.
Author: Nick Welsh
Responding to Ukraine in Ways Big and Small
A Ukrainian-born Santa Barbara woman launches impromptu relief effort as Direct Relief ramps up its aid.
Poodle | Santa Barbara County Supervisors Pull Plug on ExxonMobil
Oil giant’s trucking plan is down; the plant stays dark.
Updates on Ukraine from Salud Carbajal and ShelterBox President
Trying to help from Poland to Washington.
‘This Is Not a Government Gun Grab’
Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office gets a grant to “encourage” 163 gun owners to hand over illegally owned firearms.
Mandatory Treatment for Mentally Ill Homeless People Raises Questions in Santa Barbara
The county’s new mental-health czar is taking a wait-and-see approach to Governor Newsom’s new statewide proposal.
Poodle | Will Santa Barbara Purists Tank the Police Review Commission?
Should people with direct law enforcement experience be disqualified?
Big Changes Underway at Cottage ER in Santa Barbara
Construction begins on the $12 million remodel of downtown hospital’s Emergency Room.
Santa Barbara’s Bike-Share Program Still a Work in Progress One Year Later
BCycle’s downtown program is operating only slightly more than 50 percent its projected capacity.
‘We Are All Ukrainians’: Santa Barbara Rally Draws Hundreds to Courthouse
Former State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Supervisors Das Williams were among the speakers at Monday’s protest.
