Carpinteria News

SERVE frozen yogurt shop has opened at 5915A Calle Real in Goleta next to Zodo's Bowling.

Facing another year of multimillion-dollar budget cuts from the state level, the Santa Barbara School District is considering a new funding model.

Caltrans has scheduled information meetings for next week for the South Coast Highway 101/HOV Project.

Fourteen environmental science teachers from California, Georgia and Washingon are spending this week at Cate School in Carpinteria at the Sustainable Systems Institute learning about solar electricity, wind power, sustainable agriculture, municipal solid waste and alternative-fuel vehicles.

Budget woes strike again, this time with the Santa Barbara Public Library System falling victim to financial constraints.

Call 963-6832 for sponsoring costs or for more information. a This Saturday, June 27, the Carpinteria Valley Historical Society will host a fundraiser Flea Market to raise much-needed money to support the nonprofit organizationa s many programs, exhibits, and events.

Celebrating Father's Day by cleaning up mother nature. People in Carpinteria hit the beach Sunday to honor their dads and honor the ocean.

It's been a long and interesting road for Gil Armijo - staff assistant to the County of Santa Barbara's 5th District Supervisor Joe Centeno and a potential future candidate for supervisor - since being arrested for driving under the influence in Carpinteria back in December 2007.

Carpinteria/Summerland Gap Report between Median Sales and Median List Prices for Santa Barbara Real Estate for 1/1/2009 to 6/12/2009 For Santa Barbara Real's Carpinteria Real Estate / Summerland Real Estate for the Home Estate/PUD market the median sales price through June 12 of '09 is $634,000 which is down from $990,562 for the same period in ...

Two Carpinteria residents are killed in a rollover accident on Highway 1 in Ventura County.

Can lightning strike twice for Santa Barbara's conservatives? Looking to replicate Dale Francisco's surprising City Council victory two years ago, Michael Self on Friday declared her candidacy from the steps of City Hall.

Local fire firefighters sharpen their rescue skills Monday. Carpinteria-Summerland fire crews will be practicing a "high angle rescue" at the top of Shepard Mesa.

For 75 years firefighters in the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire District have answered countless emergency calls.

Heart of the City market: Low carbon footprint? Agoraphobic? Is it raining out? Or maybe you're just too lazy to drag your ass to the farmers' market.

The governor's proposed budget cuts could put the breaks on pot hole repairs on state, county and local streets.

Drivers are urged to watch for bikers on these roads: Cathedral Oaks, , Foothill Road, San Roque, Las Positas, Cliff Drive, Meigs, Cabrillo Boulevard, Channel Drive, North Jameson, Via Real and into Carpinteria.

After pleading no contest last year to driving under the influence of alcohol, an aide to a Santa Barbara County supervisor is embroiled in a new round of legal troubles.

While decrying the insufficiency of the facts at hand to do so, the Goleta City Council Tuesday evening voted unanimously for an ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries.

A Santa Barbara County man has admitted to taking explicit photos of girls as young as 7. It was part of a Los Angeles federal court plea deal in which 45-year-old Donald Charles Collier III of Carpinteria pleaded guilty to one count of mailing child pornography.

Donald Charles Collier III, 45, of Carpinteria, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge George H. Wu to one count of mailing child pornography, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Thomas P. O'Brien announced.