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Home for the Holidays Adoption Fair” Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, December 6, 12-4 p.m. Animal Shelter Assistance Program) will be hosting the event for homeless dogs and cats. There will be a bake sale, face painting, and additional...
Tags: Santa Barbara County, Week Zilla, Spain, Pals, Pets, Animal shelters, Neutering, Social Issues, Animal welfare, Pet adoption, Human Interest
Department of Energy (DOE) announced on 11/23 that two Santa Barbara County businesses were awarded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants from the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The awards are...
Tags: Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara City College, small businesses, Mexico, Tijuana, Carpinteria California, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, University of California, Santa Barbara California, Association of American Universities, Santa Barbara County California, University of California Santa Barbara, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
About fifty people stood in a circle, holding candles and listening to speeches about individuals who lost their lives because “they dared to be different,” as one speaker put it. Tacked to the ground and running down the courtyard steps was a list of...
Tags: Santa Barbara Courthouse, Santa Barbara County, transgender violence, Lisa Gilinger, Santa Barbara, Cross-dressing, Transphobia, LGBT movements in the United States, Transgender, Transsexualism, Violence against LGBT people, Social Issues
No, the city hasn’t okay’d another “high-rise.” It’s already there in the form of the eight-story, 116-foot-tall Granada building, built in 1923. A few years ago a city staffer approved the creation of residential condos in the top two office floors,...
Conference and Visitors Bureau Hosts Tourism Forecasting Discussion Wednesday, November 18, 2009 More than 150 tourism-curious individuals — from hotel managers and museum directors to event promoters, food and wine representatives, and politicians —...
Tags: California, Dan Mishell, Rosemark McCormick, Tim Bridwell, visitor bureau, Santa Barbara County, South Korea, Seoul, Fess Parker, Doubletree, Santa Barbara County California, Santa Barbara California, Tourism, Hospitality Recreation
The two were arrested in Marfa, Texas after the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s department issued a warrant for their arrest. The Sheriff’s press release said Texas authorities reported that Evi Quaid engaged in a struggle with police during the arrest. The two...
Tags: West Texas, Randy Quaid, California, actor randy, arrested warrant, Santa Barbara County, Marfa
Mexican drug cartels kindled California fires' Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:27:53 GMT US officials in California say they possess evidence implicating that Mexican drug traffickers set fire to the Golden State's forests. The accusation was made after Santa Barbara...
Tags: California, Santa Barbara County, La Brea Fire, california fire, drug traffickers, drug cartels, pot farm, bills brown, sheriff bills, Bill Brown
Twenty volunteer firefighters from the Delaware Forest Service are helping teams of firefighters from across the country battle wilderness fires in the West. The volunteers left Friday and are expected to stay for two weeks, said agency spokesman John...
Tags: La Brea Fire, Los Padres National Forest, Los Padre National Forest, Lassen National Forest, Calif, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County
Gusting winds continued through the night on the La Brea fire line, expanding the number of acres burned from 1300 to over 2500 acres. “The fire seemed to want to burn in all directions,” fire information officer Vicki Collins said. There is no word of...
Tags: Santa Maria, La Brea Fire Doubles, fire burning, Los Padres National Forest, La Brea Canyon, San Rafael Wilderness, Santa Barbara County, northern santa
Santa Barbara County has faced its fair share of wildfires over the past few years, most recently with the Jesusita blaze, but now notice is being taken on the national level. Rep. Lois Capps presented Santa Barbara’s Wildland Residents Association (WRA)...
Tags: Santa Barbara County