Buellton News

News Release [ printer-friendly version ] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 07, 2012 Contact: DEA Public Affairs Number: 415-436-7994 SACRAMENTO, Calif.

We will give preference to activities which occur in the Sunday-Thursday time frame and in the lower occupancy seasons, generally January through April and September through November.

Sunny. Highs in the 60s. Local north winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the morning.

The driver of a big rig who died in the crash near Buellton last month tested negative for drugs just a week-and-a-half before the accident, according to his manager.

The gravel truck struck a sedan, trapping a woman and her young daughters inside the vehicle as it dangled over a bridge railing A gravel truck driven by a Grover Beach man on Jan.

A deputy traveling eastbound on Highway 246 near Avenue of Flags spotted a vehicle switch lanes without signaling.

Paul Wolff had moved about half of his family's furniture into their new home in Buellton last year following their move from Virginia, when he heard a knock at his front door Standing outside his home was Linda Wellington, one of his neighbors, with something to give, rather than sell.

The big-rig driver involved in the fatal crash on Highway 101 just south of Buellton on January 12, was under the influence of methamphetamine and amphetamine at the time of the crash, according to the Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office.

There are smaller words, however, underneath the larger letters that further explain the purpose of the building: "Fire Prevention Division." The office at 1430 Mission Drive, very visible to drivers entering town from the west on Highway 246, is not a fire station but the new administrative home of the department's Fire Prevention Division.

Dawn, 40, and Patrick Farrier, 47, promote recycled materials in many of their displays at their fabric and quilt shop, The Creation Station, in Buellton, Calif.

A domestic dispute turned into a near arrest of a local woman. At 10:17 p.m. deputies responded to a gas station parking lot and contacted a man who said a quarrel between he and his girlfriend started at Flying Flags RV Park in Buellton.

CM2 Michael McCracken of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 operates a forklift to keep the wrecked vehicle from sliding off the bridge while rescue crews extract the family of three.

A public hearing on how best to use money allotted to Northern Santa Barbara County by the state drew mostly Los Alamos residents seeking increases in bus services.

UPDATE 5:26 p.m. Monday: Highway 1 remained closed Monday to through traffic on the south end of Big Sur as a result of a large rock slide at Rain Rocks, just north of Limekiln Creek.

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and the 31st Seabee Readiness Group helped to rescue a family involved in a car wreck on Highway 101 in Buellton, Calif., Jan.

Rain in the morning...becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.

Just over a week after their dramatic rescue following a crash on Highway 101 south of Buellton, a San Juan Capistrano woman and her daughter were released Friday from Santa Barbara CottageA Hospital.

Police say a man tried to cross a narrow railroad bridge over the Savannah River in his pickup truck.

Young visitors ride a miniature donkey at Seein' Spots Farm in Ballard. The farm's petting zoo features a number of rescued animals.

The media is so full of stories about the shortcomings of America's youth that we tend to overlook the fact that there are still a lot of good youngsters in the community.