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Santa Barbara

Arcs in and about Santa Barbara from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 329 stories · 433 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 7, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing.

All arcs0 named arcs in 2025

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No named arcs in 2025 yet.

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every arc in 2025 at its own dates · opens on month
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Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Aug 31, 20267183109
Sep 7, 2026325125375
Sep 14, 202638241
Sep 21, 202623189
Sep 28, 202612222

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else20 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Santa Barbara that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Oct 31Melodee Buzzard missing girl case: New searches conducted at mom's home7 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Oct 20– 25Newly released surveillance photos show 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard right before she vanished20 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 0 right
  3. Aug 2– 4Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara County burns more than 60,000 acres, forces evacuations10 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 1 right
  4. May 19– 20Missing UC Santa Barbara student found dead in Big Bear Lake7 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 0 right

Stories that name Santa Barbara

  1. Dec 5Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Actor, Dies at 7531 articles · 17 independent sources
    4 left, 4 center, 2 right
  2. Oct 17– 20Another ‘No Kings’ protest stretches a mile through downtown Seattle145 articles · 64 independent sources
    21 left, 27 center, 9 right
  3. Sep 28Selena Gomez weds Benny Blanco43 articles · 27 independent sources
    4 left, 8 center, 1 right
  4. Sep 22– 23Kimmel’s show to return Tuesday, but Sinclair will continue preemption98 articles · 49 independent sources
    5 left, 20 center, 14 right
  5. Aug 16Over 200 events expected across the country today to protest Trump-backed redistricting plans14 articles · 12 independent sources
    3 left, 4 center, 0 right
  6. Aug 5– 6Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state’s largest blaze of the year5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  7. Aug 4– 5Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured13 articles · 12 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 2 right
  8. Jul 30– 31Huge Pacific quake triggers tsunami alerts for Japan, Alaska, Hawaii and all of the US West Coast199 articles · 73 independent sources
    13 left, 37 center, 10 right
  9. Jul 28– 30Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood59 articles · 39 independent sources
    8 left, 16 center, 6 right
  10. Jul 3– 5Madre fire spreads to 70,800 acres in rural San Luis Obispo County11 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 1 right

Local coverage

  1. Jul 11Authorities say 200 immigrants arrested in raids on 2 Southern California farms6 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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