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In this May 21, 2015, file photo, workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. The shutdown of a pipeline that spilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast forced Exxon Mobil Corp. to halt operations at three offshore platforms because it couldn't deliver oil to refineries, the company said Tuesday, June 23. A jury has convicted a pipeline company of nine criminal charges, finding it responsible for crude oil washing up on South Bay beaches in record numbers more than three years ago.
From Malibu to Santa Cruz, wealthy people are blocking access to California's publicly owned beaches. And no group has fought the public longer than the gated community of Hollister Ranch , about 130 miles north of Los Angeles.
Thanks to the reliable American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara , which keeps careful track of such information, we know that in 2000, President Bill Clinton gave - at one hour and 28 minutes - the longest State of the Union address. In marked contrast, to deliver his own 1986 State of the Union, President Ronald Reagan took only an estimated 31 minutes.
Rep. Jared Huffman and two other members of Congress have taken the lead in a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke protesting the Trump administration's offshore oil drilling plan. The Trump administration this month announced a proposal to allow drilling in most U.S. continental-shelf waters, including areas of the Atlantic and the Arctic.
The $8.8-million project to resurface the main runway is expected to start in April and will cause overnight closures at the airport Santa Barbara Airport's main runway will be resurfaced next year in a $8.8-million project. The Santa Barbara Airport Commission gets an update on the runway rehabilitation project at the Sept.
A fallen United States Navy SEAL and Santa Barbara native was honored at a ceremony Thursday at the United States Postal Service office in Victoria Court, after legislation was passed to rename the facility in his honor. The office at 1221 State St., Suite 12, will be renamed the Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer Louis "Lou" J. Langlais Post Office Building.
President Donald Trump would like to interrupt his vacation to deliver the following message: Don't call this a vacation. The president has decamped from Washington to his private golf club in central New Jersey.
For those of us concerned about the current state of our government, it's time to look past the Trump Show and focus on the 2018 elections. As long as the Republicans remain in control of the House and Senate, President Trump's outrageous indiscretions will remain unchecked.
President Donald Trump, with a threat to his fired FBI director, tweets "James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! " Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee calls for an independent bi-partisan Congressional commission to investigate Russian interference in the U.S. election.
A United Airlines CRJ-200 regional jet, operated by Skywest Airlines, lands Tuesday afternoon at the Santa Barbara Airport after flying from LAX. On Oct. 8, a similar aircraft took evasive action - terrifying passengers - when a helicopter crossed its path as it was landing at the airport.
Republican businessman and congressional candidate Justin Fareed speaks to supporters at the opening of his campaign headquarters. The political mailers piled up at David Rowan's Paso Robles home this spring as nine different candidates sought to escape the June primary for a shot at replacing retiring Democratic Rep. Lois Capps.