The Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery in southern San Luis Obispo County will close in 2023, bringing a huge loss to the once thriving Central Coast oil industry. On Wednesday, Phillips announced 66 plans to close the refinery located off Highway 1 in rural Arroyo Grande, as those familiar with …
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Santa Barbara County Public Health officials on Tuesday unveiled widespread COVID-19 testing and long-term disease control efforts at health care facilities. The province reported 78 new cases of COVID-19 and one new known virus-related death. There have been 7,074 total confirmed cases of coronavirus and 73 deaths, according to Public …
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English Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have purchased a $ 16 million home in Montecito. Several national sources in the media stared at themselves and reported the news about celebrities on Tuesday. TMZ wrote, “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have left Los Angeles for greener pastures … in the lush, …
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One person was arrested in Santa Barbara on Friday afternoon, and another was being searched, in connection with two high-speed chases involving a stolen vehicle. At about 3 p.m. Friday, a Santa Barbara police officer on patrol on Marilla Avenue in the far west of the city observed a gray …
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Supervisor Gregg Hart says Santa Barbara County has reached a “crossroads” in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Tom Bolton / Noozhawk) Santa Barbara County “is at a crossroads with the COVID-19 pandemic,” supervisor Gregg Hart said Friday during the weekend’s regular press conference. Hart presented a sobering report of …
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