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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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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

I live in Santa Barbara and I’m interested in photography.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Australia and Paraguay will train in the Bay Area; Switzerland and New Zealand will be in San Diego; and Austria and Qatar will stay in Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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

A week after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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