Santa Ynez News

Voter turn-out was as low as ever on June 3's election day in California. However, the results are still as important as ever.

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Firefighters throughout Santa Barbara County are planning to travel through various jurisdictions today collecting donations for the Firefighters Quest for Burn Survivors.

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Popular Canadian mountain bike racer had his best ever season in 2004, winning the NORBA final and overall series, continuing that success through 2005.

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With 70 percent of the precincts counted, Doreen Farr and Steven Pappas were leading in the five-way race to become Santa Barbara County's next 3rd District supervisor.

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AS HE stands before his Sensory Evaluation of Wine class at UC Davis Extension, John Buechsenstein, winemaker, professor and commercial vineyard location scout, sticks his nose into the tilted wine glass and ...

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The following arrests, incidents and information are from reports by law enforcement and other public safety agencies between 4 p.m. Saturday and Tuesday.

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The 3rd Supervisor District seat in Santa Barbara County straddles north and south, stretching from Isla Vista and Goleta to Lompoc and the Santa Ynez Valley.

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The folks who forecast our weather earn their money during the month of May. We can go from daytime temperatures in the mid 60s to nighttime temperatures dipping down to the mid-30s and colder.

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Thinking of staying home for the June 3 primary? Too much trouble to go to the polls and there is nothing important on the ballot anyway? Think again.

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An unusually chilly weekend in late April frostbit grapes across Santa Barbara County's vineyards, with reported losses of hundreds if not thousands of tons of grapes.

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