3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (780+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Sure, it's a show. But Circus Vargas is also a family. More than two dozen performers and crew members have brought their eclectic traveling show…...

4+ day, 6+ min ago  (962+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Emergency management across Santa Barbara County is understaffed and underfunded, according to a new civil Grand Jury report. With "only seven capable and dedicated employees,…...

4+ day, 41+ min ago  (690+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Families, music and Black-owned businesses filled Plaza del Mar Park on Friday for Santa Barbara's annual Juneteenth celebration." Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (904+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Locals are pushing back against an 8-story apartment building proposed to sit just behind the Santa Barbara Mission. A petition created by local nonprofit SAGE…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (314+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. A vegetation fire is burning on the 1200 block of North San Marcos Road in Santa Barbara County. Pitch in'to our crowdfunding campaign to help strengthen…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (901+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Recently at a Santa Barbara County public school, two students held another student in the restroom against his will, threatened him, insulted him and asked…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (968+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. He played old-time country music in faded neon honky-tonks, the kind with Harleys and dented pickup trucks out front. Inside, whiskey-drinking balladeers belted out Merle…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1219+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. The sequel is rarely as good as the original. Except when it comes to Santa Barbara budget hearings. A week after a public flare-up over…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1478+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Dozens of layoffs and cuts to healthcare services are coming to Santa Barbara County, after elected officials on Tuesday approved a new $1. 66 billion annual spending…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (623+ words) Our summer fundraising campaign has begun! Every dollar helps us grow our local public-service reporting. Close to 600 cyclists of all ages and experience levels participated in the first-ever Bike the Coast Ventura event on June 13, traversing Ventura and through neighboring…...