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Santa Barbara

American  
[san-tuh bahr-ber-uh, -bruh] / ˈsæn tə ˈbɑr bər ə, -brə /

noun

  1. a city on the SW coast of California: Spanish mission.


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Carlsbad and Santa Barbara already have desalination plants.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

First off, if you don’t feel like driving and paying for parking all over town, I’d suggest taking Amtrak from Santa Barbara to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Pratt’s home burned in the January 2025 Palisades fire, leading Pratt to move to his parents’ beach home in Carpinteria, in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

However, SpaceX retains large operations in the South Bay city and blasts off regularly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

I saw them in Santa Barbara when they came back and I thought I'd never seen a girl so mad about her husband.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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