Santa Barbara County

20 years ago, a deadly earthquake shook small-town California

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Rescue workers remove bricks from crushed cars under the remains of a collapsed two-story building in Paso Robles, Calif., following an earthquake, in this Dec. 22, 2003 file photo.Gary Kazanjian/ASSOCIATED PRESS I was on the way to the movies when the earthquake hit. The magnitude 6.5 quake would change the face of my hometown and … Read more

Streets of Santa Barbara underwater amid torrential rain

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A vehicle is submerged in floodwaters near an overpass as rain comes down, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Santa Barbara, Calif.Eugene Garcia/AP Streets across the California coastal city of Santa Barbara were flooded amid torrential rains on Thursday as a slow-moving storm walloped Southern California. The storm dropped some of the heaviest rain on Santa Barbara … Read more