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Santa Barbara County
Arcs in the news about Santa Barbara County from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.
Subject · 143 stories · 223 articles · earliest story we hold Feb 4, 2024
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- A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
- Who covered it: left, center, right
Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold
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Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
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| Jan 29, 2024 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 72 |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 44 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 45 |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 71 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 73 |
| Jan 6, 2025 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 189 |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 79 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 39 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 43 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 46 | 73 | 33 | 716 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 59 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 119 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 56 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else8 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about Santa Barbara County that are not part of any arc yet
- Oct 31Melodee Buzzard missing girl case: New searches conducted at mom's home7 articles · 5 independent sources1 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Aug 2– 4Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara County burns more than 60,000 acres, forces evacuations10 articles · 8 independent sources2 left, 5 center, 1 right
Stories that name Santa Barbara County
- Dec 23– 24Melodee Buzzard’s mother arrested in connection with 9-year-old’s killing after her body is found40 articles · 19 independent sources4 left, 8 center, 2 right
- Nov 7– 12The mother of missing Melodee Buzzard is in court today on unrelated charge. Here’s how we got here30 articles · 16 independent sources3 left, 8 center, 2 right
- Oct 29– Nov 6Prop 50 passes: California voters approve redistricting measure that could shift US House power66 articles · 33 independent sources7 left, 14 center, 11 right
- Oct 20– 25Newly released surveillance photos show 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard right before she vanished20 articles · 6 independent sources1 left, 4 center, 0 right
- Jul 30– 31Huge Pacific quake triggers tsunami alerts for Japan, Alaska, Hawaii and all of the US West Coast199 articles · 73 independent sources13 left, 37 center, 10 right
- Jan 9– 15The L.A. fires are a natural disaster, not a policy disaster41 articles · 31 independent sources10 left, 9 center, 7 right