How the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Scored 2026’s Top Oscar Nominees and a New $20 Million Film Hub

Growing up in Panama in the 1970s, Roger Durling was obsessed with the Academy Awards. “I had charts. I would track down who ...
Edhat

Santa Barbara’s Hotel Tax Comes in Above Budget for December

Transient Occupancy Tax Results For the City of Santa Barbara – December 31, 2025 The City of Santa Barbara collected $2.3 ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

Tax Results for the City of Santa Barbara

January 28, 2026 Transient Occupancy Tax Results for the City of Santa Barbara – December 31, 2025 The City of Santa Barbara ...
Noozhawk

Santa Barbara Board Approves 6 New Duplexes for West Montecito Street

The Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review gave final approval to a plan for six new duplexes at a site on West Montecito Street during its Tuesday ...
Modesto Bee

Mother, child sue Motel 6, alleging sex trafficking in Stanislaus, other locations

A California woman and her minor daughter have filed a civil lawsuit alleging that multiple Motel 6 locations — including one in Modesto — knowingly allowed and profited from sex trafficking that ...
Noozhawk

County of Santa Barbara to Offer Pre-Approved Plans for ADUs

Several local cities have already adopted preapproved accessory dwelling unit designs and plans. Pictured are renderings of ADU plan options from Santa Barbara (top), Carpinteria (bottom left) and ...
Santa Barbara Independent

City of Santa Barbara Gets Judge Off Lawsuit with Harbor Restaurant

Attorneys for Santa Barbara City Hall exercised their peremptory challenge rights to bump Judge Colleen Sterne off a lawsuit over its lease brought by the Harbor Restaurant, one of the two ...