Santa Barbara
Americannoun
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Mostly light rain is expected across Los Angeles County, with the chance for rain also possible in Ventura, Santa Barbara, Orange, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Some areas most susceptible to high surf and super high tides include the Alamitos Peninsula area of Long Beach, Malibu, Point Mugu, Avalon on Catalina Island, and, possibly, parts of Santa Barbara.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Why buy: The couple had just moved to the Seattle area from Santa Barbara, Calif., where Alyssa Kibbe had finished her masters degree in environmental science and management.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Researchers from UC Santa Barbara, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, and Yale University combined GPS tracking information from 37 animal species with cellphone location data collected across the United States.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some were going to the University of California at Santa Barbara or UCLA.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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