Montecito News

There was some little Hanky-Panky going on in a parking lot on Friday I don't know what it was since I got the middle of the call but something happened in parking lot 7 and a male and female were detained lets hope they were not already tied up.

Measure A, the half-cent transportation tax, was approved last year. It was intended to generate millions of dollars for local transportation projects.

The National Weather Service on Wednesday night issued a wind advisory for Santa Barbara County, forecasting gusts as high as 50 mph until 9 a.m. Thursday.

I would like to respond to comments that were made at a recent meeting before the Montecito Planning Commission.

Genesis West, in their most ambitious production to date, presents the most outrageously fun play by the most controversial living Irish playwright, The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh won the 2003 Olivier Award for Best Comedy, a 2006 Obie award for Best Playwriting and a Tony nomination for best play.

Actor Rob Lowe and his makeup artist wife, Sheryl Berkoff, have sold a six-bedroom house in Montecito, Calif.

New honorary poor Nicolas Cage is blaming his former money manager for a cash-flow mess that has the king of midlevel action thrillers owing $6 million in back taxes.

While it may be a dog-eat-dog world, life just got a little sweeter for canines residing in Southern California shelters, since the Montecito Pet Shop has decided to put only rescued pets up for adoption.

Westmont College faculty, staff, students and community members gathered on the lawn of the school's prayer chapel Friday in remembrance of the wildfire that swept through the campus just one year ago.

It has been one year since the Tea Fire ignited in the hills above Montecito, and one community that had a harrowing brush with the wildfire will meet Friday in commemoration.

Doug and Karen Crawford, who lost everything in the 2008 wildfire, reflect on the devastation and celebrate a new beginning The Crawfords - Doug, right, and Karen - with architect Thomas Smith, left, and general contractor Brian Lynch, hold a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday after receiving a permit from the city of Santa Barbara to rebuild their ...

The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara has announced a $500,000 gift for state-of-the-art equipment.

The Westmont College Student Association will host a free community reception, "One Year Later: A Tea Fire Commemoration," from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Voskuyl Prayer Chapel.

An arrest warrant has been dropped for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they were accused of stiffing a California hotel on a $10,000 bill.

A 15-year-old female hiker was rescued Sunday near the Cold Spring Trail above Montecito after falling about 40 feet off a cliff into a creek bed and losing consciousness after hitting several rocks.

The scent of Whodidily Cupcakes is not the only sweet thing to be encountered upon entering.

Police in Santa Barbara are looking for a man they say robbed a bank in Montecito Wednesday evening.

Poison Pen Out of Ink: Travis Armstrong, Santa Barbara News-Press editorial page editor and arguably the most hated man in town, is gone from the powerful post he abused for so long.

The southern conduit of the Tecolate tunnel. COMB Districts Dispute over Costs to Build "Second Barrel" Supply Line Monday, November 2, 2009 Despite its plan to begin construction on several water supply reliability projects as early as next year, the Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board may have to wait.

The tall stranger in the Stetson strides slowly into Santa Barbara's City Hall as a lone guitar plays in the background.