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These are exciting times for two branches in the Goleta & Santa Ynez Valley Library System! The Buellton Library is ...

The city of Goleta has extended to 5 p.m. Feb. 20 the application deadline for three vacancies on the city’s Design Review Board (DRB). The city is ...

At a minimum, the entire region should have received the following warnings and instructions that were buried online as it pertains to a mandatory evacuation or sheltering in ...