Santa Barbara County refuted allegations from 3rd District supervisor candidate Frank Troise that the county would be facing a $15 million to $20 million deficit.
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department terminated a longtime contract for women’s health services in the name of cost savings last month, and
Central Coast environmentalists are celebrating ExxonMobil’s recent decision to scrap plans to replace miles of pipeline through Santa Barbara County, key to revitalizing a local network of petroleum energy production shuttered since the catastrophic 2015 Refugio oil spill.