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Montecito, CA · Business

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Polling: Offshore wind strongly supported in California coastal communities

Last week, the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Community Labor Center and The 2035 Initiative released a public opinion poll titled “Offshore Wind Energy on California’s Central Coast: Local Opinions and Priorities.” That poll surveyed 2,316 adult residents in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo — communities immediately offshore of the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area — and found broad support for offshore wind development and implicit agreement about potential community benefits offshore wind development might bring to the region.

California · 16d

Santa Barbara Independent

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The Home Page | Best of the Best

To receive Sarah Sinclair’s real estate newsletter in your inbox each Sunday, sign up at independent.com/newsletter. This week, we published our Best of Santa Barbara® issue for 2026. Best of Santa Barbara® has become an institution over the years, wherein readers — all of you!! — vote for your favorites in categories as diverse as best tacos (Lilly’s), best toy store (Chicken Little), and best travel agency (AAA). It’s an all-hands-on-deck endeavor here at the Indy, with long hours and lots of snacks. And it’s a labor of love, with a big glossy issue to showcase the results.

Santa Barbara, CA · 15d

Coastal View

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When Hickey Bros. helped build downtown Carpinteria

Long before Linden Square was envisioned, the 700 block of Linden Avenue was helping shape the heart of downtown Carpinteria. In 1912, Floyd Wesley and Glen Hickey arrived in Carpinteria, purchased property in the 700 block and began building a general merchandise store. Their business, Hickey Bros. Co., is pictured here in an early photograph.

Carpinteria, CA · 19d

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Zero-Interest Loans: LA-based org helps Southern Californians recover from wildfires

As residents from the Orange County community are in the early stages of recovering from the Norte Fire, a Los Angeles-based organization is stepping up. The Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) is offering loans of up to $15,000 to help cover expenses at a zero-interest rate, while also offering $50,000 to businesses and other nonprofits.

Orange County, CA · 15d

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Meissner expands Georgia manufacturing campus, adds automated aliquoting system

Meissner Corporation, a manufacturer of filtration products and single-use systems for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical production headquartered in Camarillo, California, has expanded its manufacturing capabilities with a new X-ray irradiation facility in Athens, Georgia, and broken ground on the second phase of its Athens campus. The company also introduced an automated aliquoting system designed to improve consistency and control during bulk-product transfers into single-use containers.

Camarillo, CA · 15d

Noozhawk

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Salon Displaced by Bridge Project Sues Santa Barbara for Relocation Costs

A Santa Barbara salon forced to move because of eminent domain has sued the city, asking for more than $1 million in relocation costs. The city used eminent domain to seize and pay for several commercial properties near the De La Vina Bridge Replacement Project site, including the one leased by Mishay Salon.

Santa Barbara, CA · 17d

Lompoc Record

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Supervisors to discuss hotel, residential development at Vandenberg Village

Santa Barbara County Supervisors on Oct. 20 set for Nov. 17 a hearing in Santa Maria to consider construction of an extended stay hotel and a 60-unit residential development project in Vandenberg Village. County staff reported the Constellation Land Development LLC project seeks to subdivide into two parcels a 5.16-acre...

Santa Barbara County, CA · 17d

Santa Barbara Independent

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The Towbes Group Gives Local Award-Winning STEM Team Octobots Room to Build

GOLETA, Calif. — October 20, 2026 — The Towbes Group is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Octobots, a year-round STEM program for high school students in Goleta and Santa Barbara County, by providing the team with a “practice field” at 5677 Calle Real, the former home of Coast Supply in the Calle Real Shopping Center. Octobots will use the 5,087 sq. ft. space free of charge through May 2027 while The Towbes Group markets the property for lease.

Goleta, CA · 16d

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Supervisors to discuss hotel, residential development at Vandenberg Village

Santa Barbara County, CA · 17d

The Cool Down

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Clean Power Alliance says its latest bond could lock in $91 million for California ratepayers

The agency expects this latest transaction to deliver annual savings of $12.7 million on average.

Southern California, CA · 18d

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BendPak Opens Third Distribution Center to Accelerate Delivery Nationwide

BendPak Inc. has announced the opening of its third distribution center, enabling delivery in two days or less to 92% of the U.S. population. The new facility in Milford, Conn., serves New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and parts of the Great Lakes region. BendPak’s other regional hubs are in Santa Paula, Calif., serving the western half of the country, and Theodore, Ala., which now covers most of the Midwest and South. The optimized network brings next-day or two-day shipping to 40 states and Washington, D.C.

Santa Paula, CA · 19d

Paso Robles Daily News

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People’s Self-Help Housing named 2026 Developer of the Year

Nonprofit honored for integrated approach to building affordable homes across four Central Coast counties. – People’s Self-Help Housing (PSHH) has been named the 2026 Developer of the Year by the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing (SCANPH). The award was presented as part of the association’s Homes Within Reach Awards program.

San Luis Obispo County, CA · 18d

Santa Barbara Independent

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No Data Center Coming to Santa Barbara’s Earl Warren Showgrounds

“We want to be absolutely clear: Earl Warren Showgrounds will not consider a data center on this property,” said Earl Warren Showgrounds CEO Ben Sprague on Wednesday. This announcement comes after the months-old data center company Global Stack U.S.A. reached out to Earl Warren Showgrounds through the California Department of Agriculture. The company has been reaching out to state owned fairgrounds across California with a pitch to build shipping-container-sized data centers inside parking structures with helipads on top. Their claim is that these centers will aid in emergency preparedness and help generate year-round revenue for fairgrounds.

Santa Barbara, CA · 20d

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Port of Hueneme plans 250-acre development

The Port of Hueneme is gearing up to develop a 250-acre inland facility as the Port’s “next-generation logistics, automotive and economic development hub,” according to Port of Hueneme CEO Kristin Decas. Decas said the project will strengthen the Port of Hueneme’s “long-term competitiveness while creating jobs, investment,...

Port Hueneme, CA · 19d

KSBY News

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Power outage impacts some Santa Maria PG&E customers

A power outage was affecting some Santa Maria PG&E customers on Wednesday in the area of Santa Maria High School.

Santa Maria, CA · 20d

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BendPak Opens Third Distribution Center

BendPak Inc. has opened its third distribution center, enabling the company to deliver within two days to 92% of the U.S. population. The new facility in Milford, Connecticut, serves New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and parts of the Great Lakes region. BendPak’s other regional hubs operate in Santa Paula, California,...

Santa Paula, CA · 18d

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Bargain Hunters Will Absolutely Love This Enormous Outlet Mall Hiding In California

Your wallet has been waiting for this moment its entire life. Camarillo Premium Outlets, tucked just off the 101 Freeway in Camarillo, California, is the kind of place that turns ordinary people into enthusiastic, bag-carrying, deal-finding champions of the shopping world. Now, let’s be honest about something. Most of...

Camarillo, CA · 26d

Santa Barbara Independent

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Montecito Water District to Sell Nearly Half of Its State Water Allotment to Solomon Hills Housing Project

This article was underwritten in part by the Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund for Social Justice, a proud, innovative supporter of local news. To make a contribution go to sbcan.org/journalism_fund. What does the Montecito Water District have to do with a massive housing project proposed in North County? On September 29,...

Montecito, CA · 19d

Lompoc Record

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Central Coast space history on display at Vandenberg museum

Locals and visitors can learn about the history of spaceflight and missile development, with exhibits that highlight the region’s contribution to the nation’s space program at the Space and Missile Technology Center on Vandenberg Space Force Base. Referred to as SAMTEC, the center presents historic models, artifacts, and...

Lompoc, CA · 19d

Santa Barbara Independent

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Poodle’s Plan B for Housing Crisis: Tax the Tourists

WHY DO I HAVE TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT?: Those who can’t do, teach. We all heard that a trillion times. What you never heard is that those who can’t teach, go into journalism. And those who can’t do hack reporting — it’s harder than it looks on TV ― become columnists. That pretty much checks all the boxes of my own career trajectory.

Santa Barbara, CA · 20d