Good morning, Santa Barbara.

Team Rubicon will lead a free flood preparedness workshop 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov.

5 at the Santa Ynez Community Services District office (1070 Faraday St.), where attendees will practice sandbag filling, structure protection, and take home sandbags; bring gloves and eye and face coverings and RSVP to the Santa Ynez Chamber.

At Thursday's meeting the Earl Warren Showgrounds board said it will not host data centers, cut ties with Global Stack U.S.A., approved a $300 storage fee for Equine Evac equipment, said the Arabian Horse Show won't return next year and will form a Master Plan subcommittee early next year.

Emergency Department nurses at Cottage Hospital say they oppose rushing into a union and want to exhaust collaboration with leadership first, noting mortgage assistance, childcare expansion, and a 3% retirement match as part of total compensation and urging careful consideration of potential trade-offs.

Melissa Etheridge played a solo acoustic show at the Lobero Theatre on Oct.

23, 2026, mixing tracks from her new album Rise with classics like Bring Me Some Water and Come to My Window, and used a looper to debut songs including The Other Side of Blue.

Charles Lloyd will bring his quartet to the Lobero Theatre on Nov.

12 at 7:30 p.m., performing tenor sax and alto flute with guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Kweku Sumbry (33 E. Canon Perdido St.).

An ornate ofrenda is on display in the lobby of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office to mark Día de los Muertos, featuring marigolds, calaveras and framed photos of former employees and people who died in local incidents; DA John Savrnoch said Asociacion San Miguel A.C. builds it each year.

Tamir Hendelman returned to the Grand on State two weeks ago with a Bill Evans tribute, leading his trio, bassist Mike Gurrola + drummer Dan Schnelle, through standards like "Waltz for Debbie" and "Autumn Leaves" and several lesser-known Evans tunes.

More than 800 kindergarteners from county elementary schools visited Righetti High School on Oct.

30 for the annual Kinderpatch (annual tradition), where more than 200 volunteers ran pumpkin games, tractor driving, cattle roping, a petting corral, and transplanting stations to teach kids about plants, crops, and animals.

The City opened more than 1,500 feet of new trails at Franceschi Park this week, linking upper and lower areas to the parking lot overlook and a sandstone bust of Dr. Francesco Franceschi while crews removed invasive tree spurge and hydroseeded native plants to prevent erosion.

The city collected $3.9 million in Transient Occupancy Tax for September 2026, bringing year-to-date TOT to $13.2 million—about $11.7 million from hotels and $1.5 million from short-term rentals, and total TOT revenue is running 8.4% above budget.

On Friday at Scott O'Leary Stadium, Dos Pueblos beat San Marcos 16-15 on a missed field goal as time expired, clinching the Chargers a CIF-SS playoff berth as third in the Tri-County League; playoff pairings are announced Sunday.

Santa Barbara High clinched the Channel League title with a 28 to 14 road win over Thousand Oaks on Friday, finishing the regular season with seven wins, three losses and four league wins, one loss; the Dons will learn their CIF-SS playoff pairing on Sunday.