Goleta News

The City of Goleta will celebrate the reopening of Nectarine Park at 11 a.m. Thursday, and the public is invited to join in the fun.

Santa Barbara County Animal Services is seeking permanent homes for hundreds of birds, including roosters, hens, turkeys, turkens, pigeons and more.

The California Highway Patrol's Start Smart program is a driver safety education class that targets new and future licensed teenage drivers ages 15 to 19, their parents and guardians.

A new collaborative effort between UCSB, Goleta city officials and local businesses is aiming to expand the field of technological entrepreneurship within the region.

Today's weather: Sunny, with a high near 70. East wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest.Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy is a four-year program that, by 2015, will enroll more than 400 high school students in its engaging curriculum on the campus of Dos Pueblos High School , 7266 Alameda Ave.

From left, Pam Maines of the Women's Fund of Santa Barbara, Michele Allyn of Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library and Santa Barbara Public Library director Irene Macias at a reception celebrating a $65,000 gift from the Women's Fund.

Simply Pies is proud to announce that it has received gluten-free certification from the Gluten-Free Certification Organization , the leading gluten-free certification program in the world.

GOLETA, Calif., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulfilling a lifelong dream, professional freeride mountain bike athlete, Paul Basagoitia can now add a natural terrain double backflip to his list of accomplishments.

The Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association recently received a $350,000 grant from local attorney Christina Djernaes and the Kind World Foundation to fund the development of a new ice rink in Goleta.

Steve Chase, 59, former director of planning and environmental services for the city of Goleta, starts in July as Stockton's new director of community development.

Goleta--Goleta Police conducted a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint on Friday, May 18th as part of Goleta's commitment to public safety.

Davenport, 52, pleaded guilty on May 14 to robbing the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust in the 5000 block of Hollister Avenue in May 2011.

Do You Sudoku? - You can now play the Daily Sudoku on Edhat. How fast can you fill in the blanks? A duck walks into a pharmacy to pick up his prescription for chapstick.

For the fifth year in a row, hundreds of Goleta's biggest movers and shakers gathered together in the Elk's Lodge off of Calle Real to lunch and learn as part of the annual State of the City event.

Crowds were queued up 20 deep outside Camino Real Cinemas on Sunday afternoon, but they weren't there for the opening of the latest hot movie.

Does anyone know the source of the frequent LOUD music and sometimes PA system sounds that we hear in our neighborhood near Cannongreen in Goleta? Almost always on the weekends, sometimes in the evening.

A missing student at SBCC with special needs was reported to Law Enforcement on Wednesday May 16th at 8pm and has yet to be found.

The Santa Barbara Astonomical Unit will be setting up telescopes at the Camino Real Marketplace, 7004 Hollister Ave., Goleta, California from 4:00 pm to sunset.

Living in Goleta we don't always notice all the construction that happens over time in our city, but the reality is that there have been a number of new things in Goleta in the last few months that have made Goleta a more dynamic, safer, more welcoming, and earth-friendlier city.