Archives from 2022

A Santa Maria-Bonita School District teacher completed his third young adult fiction book

Guadalupe declares impasse on Fire Department wage agreement

Los Padres ForestWatch files lawsuit against U.S. Forest Service

Supervisors propose temporary housing on county property in Santa Maria to address the homelessness crisis

More adoption needed with overcrowding concerns at Animal Services

Santa Maria teens are invited to help paint the city's next mural

Santa Barbara County certifies election results

Santa Barbara County Fire received a $144,000 grant to support mental health services, but firefighters and nonprofit leaders worry about the program's sustainability

The county Public Defender's Office needs sleeping bags, warm clothes for its annual Sleeping Bag Drive

County OKs first community workforce agreement

County supervisors ease child care facility requirements

County supervisors move forward with farmworker resource center grant

New state program to fund housing navigation, medical services raises vacancy and start-up concerns

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County hosted its annual holiday food drive, but it needs more to keep up with demand

A Buellton animal sanctuary launches a campaign to help save its feathered friends

Santa Barbara County has almost 3,000 votes left to count

Guadalupe passed two tax measures to finance the construction of a new school in the community

Santa Maria received two new zero-emissions buses, bringing the city closer to an all-electric fleet

Soto pulls ahead of Funkhouser in Santa Maria's 3rd District

Enviro groups join Exxon lawsuit as company sells offshore unit