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Short-term rentals stir long-term grief for Lompoc farmers seeking tax relief from Santa Barbara County
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (1374+ words) You’ve got to step foot in the dirt. That thinking propels Dare 2 Dream Farms, where Megan and Jeremy Raff do more than sell chickens and vegetables. Day after day, the couple welcomes children and adults to the rolling property—to…...
Endangered sunflower sea stars return to sea center
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (763+ words) Santa Barbara News-Press The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is the new home of two 18-armed, tube-footed, pale purple urchin eaters. Sunflower Stars (or Pycnopodia helianthoides as they are known to scientists) are fuzzy-looking predators that evolved to play a…...
'Better Building Ordinance aims for streamlined, flexible pathways to downtown Santa Barbara housing
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (546+ words) The Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review saw a new housing ordinance that explores incentives as a more effective way to permit housing projects than requirements on Monday. I would prefer not to start the story with the day of…...
Letter: Presidio Springs development is about expanding opportunity, not displacing a community
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (429+ words) Every generation is entrusted with a choice. Do we preserve what was built before us exactly as we found it, or do we thoughtfully improve it so future generations may benefit as well? That is the question before our community…...
New philanthropic partner steps forward as Santa Barbara nonprofits face rising demand
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (283+ words) The Victor and Susan Schaff Family Foundation awards $25,000 to the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Critical Needs Response Fund, helping local nonprofits continue providing food assistance, housing support, mental health services and other essential programs as community needs increase. The funding will…...
County restores 15 health department positions following state’s adopted budget
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (413+ words) Santa Barbara News-Press On July 7, 2026, the County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors approved a budget revision that restores 15 full-time positions in the County Health Department (CHD), made possible bynewly observed State revenue. The additional funding comes from the State’s…...
Santa Barbara Unified and County Housing Authority break ground on affordable housing project for school employees
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (589+ words) In a school district where only 11% of its staff say housing is affordable, Santa Barbara Unified teachers and staff will soon get first dibs on a new housing development in the Goleta Valley. The Housing Authority of the County of…...
Protesters gather outside Camp Canine, call for accountability after bulldog’s drowning in Santa Barbara
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (753+ words) Dozens of supporters gathered Wednesday morning outside Camp Canine to honor Bruce, the one-year-old English bulldog whose drowning last week sparked national attention and calls for accountability. The peaceful protest, which was organized after Bruce’s death at Camp Canine, comes…...
Letter: Plans for new gas station are shortsighted
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (283+ words) Santa Barbara News-Press I read with disappointment the coverage of the proposed negotiating agreement between SBA and Costco for a gas station in the heart of Goleta off Hollister Avenue. How can a high-volume Costco gas station at that location…...
Jury finds man guilty in 2022 Stearns Wharf murder of Camarillo resident
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (435+ words) A Santa Barbara County jury found Jiram Tenorio Ramon guilty on Wednesday for killing a man on Stearns Wharf in 2022 for the benefit of a local criminal street gang. The jury found that Tenorio Ramon was guilty of first degree…...