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UCSB receives four-year, $20M federal grant for artificial intelligence cloud laboratory

The four-year grant will fund an AI-programmable cloud laboratory at the UCSB facility that can be accessed remotely by any researcher in the country

by Angel Corzo • Santa Barbara News-Press August 23, 2026August 23, 2026

Goleta Union school board passes a resolution urging minimum distance between firearm retailers and schools

by Julianna Lozada • Santa Barbara News-Press August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Fiber optic broadband connects Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to high-speed internet

by Angel Corzo • Santa Barbara News-Press August 20, 2026August 21, 2026

‘Santa Barbara Talks’ podcast: Trader Joe’s employee, councilman Eric Friedman running for mayor

by Joshua Molina • Santa Barbara News-Press August 18, 2026August 19, 2026

PopUp Bagels to bring the ‘LA vibe’ to Santa Barbara’s Five Points this fall

by Sofia Wallace • Santa Barbara News-Press August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

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Parking citations, arrests up during Fiesta weekend, data shows

by Angel Corzo • Santa Barbara News-Press August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Suspect at SBCC pulled knife, slashed bike tire of victim on campus

by Angel Corzo • Santa Barbara News-Press August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

County Notebook: Miyasato retires, sheriff tackles overtime and Lavagnino targets catalytic converter thieves

by Tom Schultz • Santa Barbara News-Press August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

$3 million in special education funding coming to Santa Barbara Unified School District

by Julianna Lozada • Santa Barbara News-Press August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

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Kristen Sneddon appears on the latest episode of Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina. Watch the entire conversation at linkin.bio or at Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina on YouTube. This video was produced by TV Santa Barbara with support from the Santa Barbara News-Press. Check out the mayor's debate, 6 p.m., Sept. 3 at The New Vic. Find link at newspress.com.

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In the quiet valley between Ontare and San Roque Road, rocks tumble out the back of a yellow Volvo dump truck.

Where there was once a cement wall, an excavator scoops up the boulders and transports them 180 degrees around to the shaded Arroyo Burro creek that runs through Stevens Park.

Since 1964 the San Roque debris basin wall has influenced the flow of water, now the stream will be free to flow without the incursion of the man made wall. The wall removal is part of a renovation to the debris basin.

“We will still have the full functionality of the basin itself to capture large debris, but we’re making it so fish and other aquatic species can come through this system,” said Seth Shank, Santa Barbara County Flood Control Environmental Planner.

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$The California Coastal Commission on Thursday unanimously rejected an Oxnard oil company’s proposal to frack on a platform off the Ventura Coast—eliciting support from several Santa Barbara environmental organizations. “This project is spurred on by ultimate greed by an industry that already makes billions and billions in profits,” said Bill Woodbridge, a Goleta resident and member of the Santa Barbara chapter of the Sierra Club. The commission, chaired by Santa Barbara City Councilmember Meagan Harmon, supported staff’s recommendations to reject the proposal based on inconsistencies with the California Coastal Management Program. The program gives California the power to review federal projects, like the fracking proposal on Platform Gilda, that would impact its coastline. The proposal was to carry out hydraulic fracking on 16 existing oil wells on Platform Gilda, which is located in federal waters off the Ventura Coast. Staff found that the project would pose a risk of severe oil spills in the Santa Barbara Channel and that DCOR, the oil company, wouldn’t provide effective clean-up and containment. Therefore, the project would be “inconsistent” with policies requiring the protection of marine resources and water quality, commercial and recreational fishing, public access and recreation. Read more at the link in bio. Reporting by Julianna Lozada #Ventura #SoCal$

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