Montecito News

Taking the good with the bad: District Deputy Superintendent Eric Smith broke the news last week that the Santa Barbara School District is facing at least $6 million more in budget cuts this month.

AP file photo Sandra Bullock poses with the award for best actress in a motion picture drama for "The Blind Side" backstage at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan.

Prime location in a high end district in Santa Barbara County. 1700 square feet inside plus 444 square feet deck and 474 square feet rear patio.

It's a pretty typical stray dog story; one you've no doubt heard with slight variations many times before.

A landmark study released Tuesday by the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and Feeding America , the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, reports that nationally, 37 million people are requiring food assistance each year.

New state regulations that protect students at private colleges came too late to help angry parents of hundreds of students left stranded when Montecito Fine Arts College of Design abruptly closed last year.

Julia Nagy, the executive director of the Tri-Counties Division of the American Heart Association was in studio today to talk about the organization's 2010 Go Red For Women campaign along with the event's chair Janet Garufis, president and CEO of Montecito Bank and Trust.

Montecito residents who hear a high-pitched siren tomorrow shouldn't fret, as Montecito Fire Protection District officials are planning to hold a demonstration of an emergency notification system.

Members of the Montecito Planning Commission sided unanimously Wednesday with residents opposed to the way several proposed cell-tower sites are moving through the planning process.

Montecito, CA-- A test of an Audible Emergency Notification System will be conducted this Friday between 11 a.m. and noon.

Despite the challenging economic issues in 2009, Montecito Bank & Trust earned $8.9 million in net profit, a 46 percent increase over 2008, president/CEO Janet Garufis announced Tuesday.

Montecito Bank & Trust is known for its local community support, so when it received reports about local Direct Relief International's immediate Haitian emergency mobilization efforts, the bank's associates mobilized, too.

The Montecito Fire Protection District will conduct a test from 11 a.m. to noon Friday of the audible emergency notification system.

Looks like we're in for at least one more wet and windy day. Report storm news like accidents, trees down, flooding and power outages here.

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The violent arrival of Wednesday's storm had many residents in the 2009 burn zones very nervous.

Exactly one year, $1,500,000 and 2,700 barrels of cement later, the Potter Hotel officially opened on the 30 acre site.

Press Release: The recent announcement by the National Weather Service about a series of winter storms moving into the county area next week and the devastating earthquake in Haiti serve as timely reminders to local residents and businesses to be prepared for emergencies.

Bishop Garcia Diego High School , Santa Barbara's Roman Catholic college preparatory school, is well on its way to upgrading its science lab, thanks to an anonymous gift of $600,000. The Rev.

Paseo Nuevo, a Spanish-style outdoor mall in downtown Santa Barbara since the 1920s, served as a setting for scenes from the current film "It's Compli-cated." Eric Parsons / Star staff.