After nearly 15 years, Robert Samario is Santa Barbara’s new finance director.
The Santa Barbara City Council this week selected Samario to head the finance department.
He served as the city’s assistant finance director before taking over as the interim director last August, following the retirement of former head Bob Pierson.
“Obviously the first and biggest challenge Santa Barbara will face in the next three to five years is managing the current economic recession in such a way that we d ...
The woman who died Saturday after falling from the hood of a moving vehicle was identified as Isabel Tole Renosa, 41, of Santa Barbara, authorities said yesterday.
Additional details about the accident were also released, and indicate that the woman ...

As Mina Welch loads her car with groceries from the Milpas Street Trader Joe’s, the crinkle of plastic is noticeably absent.
“I usually bring my own,” she says referring to the six cloth-handled bags sitting in the cart.
Welch believes in using re ...
Authorities are on the hunt for a motorcycle helmet-wearing bank robber who has been given the nickname “Bike Bandit.”
The man entered a Santa Barbara Bank & Trust at 1483 East Valley Road Tuesday, pointed a gun at a pair of tellers, and fled on ...
Delta Airlines is canceling its flights from the Santa Barbara Airport to Salt Lake City.
Delta notified the city today. The two-daily flights will cease on Sept. 12, according to city officials.
Delta began the non-stop Salt Lake City service on ...
Locals looking for a short escape from the Santa Barbara area can drive down to Ojai this summer for their first annual Outdoor Classic Film Series.
The first segment of the three-part event begins at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at the Ojai Valley Inn and Sp ...
July 23, 6:30 a.m. — Officers served a search warrant at a home in the 400 block of Canada Street. Inside, police found 12 grams of base cocaine, scales, packaging materials and other paraphernalia indicative of drug sales.
Both men, 23 and 36 year ...
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