2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (335+ words) Rule Change — Which Takes Effect on September 14 — Could Impact Santa Barbara County’s Endangered Species, Environmentalists Warn After the Trump administration introduced a new rule to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (731+ words) Up to 80 Percent of Critically Endangered Trees Are Not Expected to Survive Following Historic Wildfire Many of Santa Rosa Island’s iconic torrey pine trees are predicted to perish due to the large wildfire that torched the island this spring, the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1074+ words) California Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Deal to Kill Offshore Wind on Central Coast California is pushing back against the Trump Administration’s efforts to kill offshore wind energy projects along the Central Coast. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (300+ words) 16,000 Acres of Utility-Scaled Panels Now Proposed At Tuesday’s county board meeting, supervisors began seriously considering how to approach the installation of utility-scale solar systems. Supervisor Laura Capps told her fellow board members that other California counties were “far outpacing” Santa…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (284+ words) FEMA Likely to Bring Less Funding for Any Disaster, Warns Public Works Director in Report to Board of Supervisors Weather predictions aim best toward accuracy about seven days before a storm, but NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts that the county’s…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1698+ words) As Fire Season Takes Hold, California Is Managing Fuels and Fire on Federal Lands. Does California Have the Money to Keep This Up? California’s last working nuclear power plant sits cradled in a landscape that would worry any firefighter when…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (688+ words) We Cannot Let It Happen Again Look beyond the myths, fear, and propaganda surrounding wolves for generations and see these animals for what they are. Wolves are social animals. They mourn their dead, defend their territories, and form extraordinary bonds…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (184+ words) Registration Opens as California Ocean Summit Marks First Official Event with August Kick-off Reception “California is uniquely connected to the ocean, both through our economy and our identity,” said Assemblymember Gregg Hart, a member of the Summit Steering Committee. “Now…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (319+ words) The Santa Barbara Independent A Heat Advisory is in effect until 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 25th with temperatures up to 107 expected. An Extreme Heat Watch will be in effect from Tuesday morning, August 25th through Friday evening, August 28th with dangerously hot conditions expected and…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (608+ words) New Playgrounds, Barbecue and Picnic Area Are Funded, but $1 Million Still Needed for Other Park Features on Chopping Block Two grandparents smiled as three children bounded toward them on a cloudy afternoon at Children’s Park in Isla Vista. The oldest…...