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date: 2024-12-22, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-22, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Sansum Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross are still negotiating for health insurance contracts, and more than 30,000 people were recently notified that their coverage could be affected if no agreement […]
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date: 2024-12-22, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
In its final meeting of 2024, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to move one more step toward establishing the Santa Barbara County Wine Improvement […]
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date: 2024-12-22, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is enrolling for the next session of its Climate Stewards certification course, designed to engage and empower individuals on the Central Coast to take action […]
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date: 2024-12-21, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
As the weather cools down the Goleta Valley Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., offers a cozy spot to browse bookshelves for new releases and old favorites, as well as participate […]
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date: 2024-12-21, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-21, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A Santa Barbara County judge on Friday moved to quash UC Santa Barbara Police’s search warrant for Instagram accounts in an investigation of the occupation of Girvetz Hall in June. […]
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date: 2024-12-21, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A Santa Barbara man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in state prison for a series of sexual assaults committed in 2023. Honorio Meliton Fidal, 35, was charged with rape […]
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date: 2024-12-21, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A man from China arrested after flying a drone above Vandenberg Space Force Base must remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Friday. Yinpiao Zhou, 39, a citizen of China […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Since 2007, you’ve turned to Noozhawk first when news breaks because you value professional, timely reporting that matters and that you can count on You trust Noozhawk as your go-to […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A man had to be extracted from his crumpled vehicle after it struck a traffic signal pole early Friday morning in Orcutt. At approximately 3:30 a.m., emergency responders including members […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Restoration Hardware has opened its unique concept of store and restaurant inside The Old Firehouse in the upper village of Montecito. The recent opening just might have sparked more buzz […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Led by a newly elected mayor, the Lompoc City Council didn’t waste time looking to make changes by submitting a laundry list of items they want to revisit. On Tuesday […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A Saturday morning SpaceX rocket launch and landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base could provide a wakeup call for Central Coast residents. The Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff will aim to […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County has hired two people to monitor the jail health care system and improve service for people in custody in response to concerns with the contractor. The county […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Coinciding with its 75th anniversary and year-end fundraising campaign, the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara has released its redesigned website. The site, created by RKN Studio and Cyan Designs, makes […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) will host Modern Life: A Global Artworld, 1850-1950, a long-term exhibition of the museum’s renowned permanent collection. Combining artists from Europe, South America […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Hearts Aligned Inc. will presents its 3rd Annual Hearts to Hearts Valentine’s Luncheon to raise funds and awareness for the issues faced by families with a critically ill child. The event […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Visit Santa Barbara, destination marketing organization for the Santa Barbara South Coast region, on Dec. 18 presented hotel performance data for November 2024. Santa Barbara South Coast hotel occupancy increased […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
WESTCHESTER — UC Santa Barbara burned out quickly like a faulty, Fourth-of-July sparkler during Wednesday’s basketball game at Loyola Marymount. The Gauchos flashed brilliantly at the start of each half, […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
As Santa Maria stands at a pivotal point, the City Council welcomed back its mayor and a council member along with a political newcomer during Tuesday night’s reorganizational meeting. Mayor […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Roy Lee celebrated his last Carpinteria City Council meeting on Dec. 9 as he leaves to join the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors next month. The council welcomed Julia […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved funding to pilot expanded after-school programming with the goal of improving student achievement. The partnership between the county and Goleta Union School […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The Santa Barbara Fire Department will host a graduation event for seven firefighter recruits who have recently completed the city’s in-house fire academy; and to recognize 10 recent promotions of […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
For Santa Barbara residents interested in having a say about local public safety, the city of Santa Barbara is holding a special recruitment to fill a vacancy on the Fire […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
As a donor, you can help actualize a bold, ambitious dream of what the world could be. The magical beauty of your charitable giving results not only in tax savings […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Two Santa Maria men have been named as the victims of a vehicle crash east of Orcutt on Monday afternoon. Ivan Garcia-Pineda, 24, and his brother-in-law, Ricardo Mejia Flores, 35, […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Firefighters stationed in the Lompoc Valley became one cat’s best friends after a rescue Tuesday morning. Members of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department crew at Station 34 on Harris […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
At Providence School students are inspired to use their talents to uplift those around them and address real needs in their communities
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
United Way of Santa Barbara County has celebrated the successful completion of its annual Holiday Gift Drive by fulfilling the wishes of hundreds of local students. The volunteer opportunity connects […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The city of Lompoc has released its bilingual 2025 conservation calendar, featuring original artwork created by students from Lompoc Valley Middle School (LVMS). The calendar is available for free to […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Dear Annie: My wife of 44 years passed away after a nine-day bout with cancer. We started dating at 16, went to college together, married at 20 and graduated at […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Tuesday night marked the end of one era and the start of another for Goleta as the city bid farewell to Councilman Kyle Richards and swore in re-elected Mayor Paula […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Immigration activists and protesters gathered during Tuesday’s Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting to express their dissatisfaction with the continued relationship between the county and U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
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date: 2024-12-18, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The Santa Barbara Unified School District’s cellphone policy continues to attract attention. First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom visited Santa Barbara Unified on Friday to talk to officials about […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
People’s Self-Help Housing (PSHH) has appointed Jimmy Summer as director of Home Ownership. Summer has more than five years of experience at PSHH, working in both multi-family housing and home […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
With SpaceX planning to use a second launch site and boost the number of West Coast liftoffs to 100 annually, Vandenberg Space Force Base has kicked off the environmental assessment […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Shifting our diets to be more sustainable can be a powerful way for each of us to address both climate change and global food insecurity, however making such adjustments at […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
When Jennifer Smith was a student at UC Santa Barbara, she watched Goleta officially become a city. Now, 22 years later, she’s joining the City Council. Smith has served on […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Four former Dos Pueblos High School student athletes have filed a civil complaint against the Santa Barbara Unified School District, alleging that the district’s negligence enabled sexual assault, molestation and […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Phillip McLendon — conductor, founder, educator, and maestro of maestros — will lead his 39th Messiah Sing Along, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Lompoc City Hall and other city facilities will be closed to the public Monday, Dec. 23 through Friday, Dec. 27, and Wednesday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. The holiday […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A Falcon 9 rocket will deliver a gift of more spy satellites into orbit as soon as early Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The SpaceX rocket’s departure may occur […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Some Santa Barbara County residents may want to prepare for strong winds and possible power outages. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory on Monday for the southwestern coast […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
One person was killed and two others were critically injured in a three-vehicle crash east of Orcutt on Monday afternoon. At approximately 2:15 p.m., personnel from the Santa Barbara County […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
A largely sedentary lifestyle can’t be good for most humans, and I’ve written before about the physical dangers of sedentism, especially in our highly urbanized West. When one lives a […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Daniel Oropeza, an assistant professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Early Career Faculty Initiative grant. […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The immune system is a microscopic army, always on alert for threats to our body. The fact that most of us maintain good health is a testament to the immune […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Controversy is brewing over whether Santa Barbara should give developers incentives to remodel commercial buildings throughout the city or just in the downtown Central Business District. City planners revealed a […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District (SYVUHSD) has formed a partnership with the Santa Ynez Pirate Foundation and the Gainey Foundation to empower educators through Creative and Innovative […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
The County Board of Supervisors has adopted the Agricultural Enterprise Ordinance (AEO), which provides new opportunities for local farmers and ranchers to increase revenues and enhance the economic productivity of […]
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date: 2024-12-16, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Dr. Jack Garvin, who served two decades on the Santa Maria Joint Union School District (SMJUHSD) Board of Education, retired after the Dec. 10 School Board meeting. “For almost 67 […]
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date: 2024-12-15, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
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date: 2024-12-15, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County and Caltrans have partnered to complete a project along Santa Claus Lane that will bring beach access, bike lanes, and more parking spaces to the area. The […]
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date: 2024-12-15, from: Newshawk, the freshest news in Santa Barbara County
Alleged vandals have been tampering with the Union Pacific railroad track crossing arms, snarling the arms for several hours, and causing traffic havoc. The most recent incident occurred last Sunday, […]
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