Santa Barbara County Archives

Vandenberg Air Force Base Transitions Into Space Force Base

May 14, 2021 11:04 am

Vandenberg Air Force Base, an 80-year-old military base in Santa Barbara County, was transitioned into a Space Force Base on Friday, becoming one of the first such bases for the newest branch of the military in the U.S. The now...

2020 General Election Preview: 19th Senate District

October 29, 2020 6:14 am

Sitting completely in Santa Barbara County and the majority of Ventura County, the 19th Senate District stretched from the tail end of the LA metro area up to a more rural coastal central California. Wealthy communities dot the area, all...

2020 General Election Preview: 35th Assembly District

October 17, 2020 10:00 am

Located on the coast in Central California, the 35th Assembly District is pretty much San Luis Obispo County with a tiny bit of Santa Barbara County on top. Located about halfway between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, the District...

California is Still Allowing COVID Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities

June 15, 2020 7:28 amJune 15, 2020 3:01 pm

In March California Globe reported the California Department of Public Health was suspending nursing home relegations to allow for COVID-19 patients to be “discharged to a Skilled Nursing Facility when clinically indicated.” Following deadly COVID outbreaks in nursing homes and...

Do Senior Lives Matter?

June 13, 2020 8:41 amJune 13, 2020 9:09 am

It is unconscionable that it will have taken Santa Barbara’s Public Health Department more than 3 months to prioritize the Governor’s order pertaining to testing, tracing and isolating these patients and staff members. Last week, the county of Santa...

California Pipeline Owner to Settle With EPA for $60 Million Over Santa Barbara Oil Spill

March 16, 2020 5:02 pm

Plains All American Pipeline agreed to settle with the Environmental Protection Agency over a 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County for $60 million on late Friday, almost ending an almost 5-year saga over the incident. The 2015 Refugio oil...

2020 March Primary Preview: 19th State Senate District

February 9, 2020 2:16 amFebruary 10, 2020 7:49 am

The 19th State Senate District: The Beach, farmland, hills, and blotches of urbanity in Santa Barbara and the tail-end of the Los Angeles metro area, the 19th Senate district is Santa Barbara County and just over half of neighboring Ventura...