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Country: United States: Location: Santa Barbara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Construction began: 1913; 111 years ago () [2]: Opening date: January 23, 1920; 104 years ago () [3]: Construction cost: $2 million (1920 dollars) [3]: Owner(s): City of Santa Barbara: Dam and spillways; Type of dam: Concrete arch: Impounds: Santa Ynez River: Height: 194.5 ft (59.3 m) [4]: Length: 600 ft (180 ...
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.
35th district (2010–2012) In office December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2016 ... he was a member of the Santa Barbara City Council. ... with a focus on water ...
After a dry start to winter, California's rainy season is finally well under way. December downpours sent water racing through streets in coastal Ventura County and the city of Santa Barbara.
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.
San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District 25,000 31,000 0.6% Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District 45,486 56,106 1.1% Santa Clara Valley Water District 100,000 120,000 2.4% Solano County Water Agency 47,756 58,906 1.1% Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District 87,471 107,894 2.1%
The tunnel supplies water to the city of Santa Barbara (which uses it for drinking water), the Goleta Water District, the Carpinteria Valley Water District, and the Montecito Water District. Water from Lake Cachuma is released into the Santa Ynez River below Bradbury Dam in order to satisfy downstream water rights. [8]
Chow's main claim to fame, the prediction of the Santa Barbara earthquake was described best in Gin Chow's First Annual Almanac published in 1932. In the book Chow states that on December 23, 1920 he posted a notice in the Santa Barbara post office letting it be known that an earthquake would flatten the city on June 29, 1925.