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The Santa Barbara County area, including the Northern Channel Islands, was first settled by Native Americans at least 13,000 years ago.Evidence for a Paleoindian presence has been found in the form of a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara Coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s.
In 1999, the state law was changed to permit the relinquishment of Route 144 to the City of Santa Barbara. This was because the City of Santa Barbara wished to do several improvements on Milpas Street. One of these improvements includes the installation of a roundabout at the off-ramp from northbound Route 101, which Caltrans did not approve of.
Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
The La Goleta Gas Field (also known as the Goleta Gas Field and La Goleta Storage Field) is a natural gas field in unincorporated Santa Barbara County, California, adjacent to the city of Goleta. Discovered in 1929, and first put into production in 1932, it has been in continuous use ever since, producing approximately 12 billion cubic feet of ...
After closure of the dump, the former Casmalia Resources property was managed by the Environmental Protection Agency. A large area surrounding the dump was found to have significant soil and groundwater contamination and Casmalia Resources was declared a Superfund site, the first in Santa Barbara County. Plans for containment of the site were ...
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse [3] (Courthouse) is a well-known example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and is located in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California. Started in 1926 and completed in 1929, the Courthouse originally served as Santa Barbara County’s (County) superior courthouse, jail, and administrative office.
The eastern terminus is at State Route 150 near the Ventura/Santa Barbara County line at the intersection of Casitas Pass Road and Rincon Road. The western portion of SR 192 is part of the National Highway System , [ 2 ] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway ...
Kashtayit State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area that extends offshore in the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California. The marine protected area covers 1.99 square miles (5.2 km 2). The marine protected areas protect natural habitats and marine life by protecting or limiting removal of wildlife from within ...