6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (403+ words) Santa Barbara County is no stranger to major flooding, and public agencies are already preparing for a potentially wet winter. County staff from multiple departments updated the Board of Supervisors Tuesday on ongoing work to prepare for winter storms. County…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (884+ words) Living as we do in this troubled time of climate whiplash and political chaos, more of us look outward in search of relief, alternate realities and enticing landscapes where we can abandon our tiny screens and omnipresent “news of the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (23+ words) Sleeping Bees Noozhawk As an independent publication, we rely on contributions from readers like you to fund our journalism. Thanks for your contribution!...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1279+ words) For anyone who follows this coast, there is a familiar rhythm to the way disaster arrives in Big Sur. Highway 1, which snakes along this rugged coastline, reopened in full on Jan. 14, 2026 — a Wednesday around noon — after a 3-year, 12-day closure…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (562+ words) Early education and family services nonprofit Carpinteria Children’s Project wants to add four outdoor classrooms to its campus to support its preschoolers with hands-on, nature-focused, bilingual learning. “We really wanted to have a piece of the campaign where the community…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) A five-year maintenance plan to help with flood control in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh was approved by the California Coastal Commission earlier this month. Walt Deppe, commission environmental scientist, said all three components of the current plan had already been…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (632+ words) I’m a stickler for water use; my family might say I’m an obnoxious water warden. It’s harder to stick to my rants in wet winters. Water year 2024 was a very wet year, with rainfall topping out at 162% of the 50-year…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) Faith.Climate.Action., a program funded jointly by Westmont and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, concluded its three-year run following a national retreat this summer on the college’s leafy Santa Barbara campus. Across three summits, 137 participants from 26 colleges and nine…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (22+ words) Macaw-nversation Noozhawk As an independent publication, we rely on contributions from readers like you to fund our journalism. Thanks for your contribution!...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (642+ words) A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Sable Offshore Corp. can continue to pump oil through Santa Barbara County under an emergency order by the Trump administration. Sable did not respond to a request for comment at the time of…...