U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has directed a Texas-based oil and gas company to restore operations in waters off ...

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A Goleta couple who died in Cambria last month were accidentally killed by exposure to toxic gas, an investigation revealed.

GOLETA, CA, March 5, 2026 – The City of Goleta Public Works Department is pleased to announce the launch of Street Talk, an invitation to the community to share input through a variety of community ...

The Trump administration invoked emergency powers under the Defense Production Act Friday, ordering the restart of the Santa Ynez offshore oil platform and pipeline along the Santa Barbara County ...

The Trump administration ordered the restart of a Santa Barbara oil pipeline shut since the 2015 Refugio spill, invoking ...

The Central Coast and much of California were walloped Monday by a powerful winter storm carrying treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in mountain areas. Retired meteorologist John ...

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is sponsoring an event at the Goleta Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave., where residents of ...

James “Jim” Spencer of Goleta passed peacefully into his heavenly home on Jan. 20, 2026, at the age of 77. James 'Jim' ...

(FOX40.COM) — Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that more than $2 million in grants have been awarded to 37 small businesses across California as part of an effort to support early-stage innovation ...

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, a far-left Democrat running in California’s 65th Assembly District, is an anti-war climate activist who’s called to defund the Pentagon — even as her household has profited from ...

The San Luis Obispo County Coroner's Office has determined that a married couple from Goleta who owned Good Land Organics and ...