These are exciting times for two branches in the Goleta & Santa Ynez Valley Library System! The Buellton Library is ...

At a minimum, the entire region should have received the following warnings and instructions that were buried online as it pertains to a mandatory evacuation or sheltering in ...

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What a whirlwind of a week it’s been, especially with the unsettling, fiery plane crash near the Santa Barbara Airport that was seen — and heard ...

Goleta local, Justin Wilkins, will serve as the city's new Parks and Recreation Manager. As Parks and Recreation Manager, Wilkins will be ...

A check for $8,730 was recently presented to the Breast Imaging Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians as part of the Chumash Casino Resort’s ...

Thank you to Goleta Valley Junior High, Dos Pueblos High School and San Marcos High School for partnering with us to make students more aware of what they need to do to be safe while riding an e-bike.

in Goleta, has been slowly decaying for decades. Credit: John Anderson photo It’s not often that I agree with a developer, and probably even the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce on ...