The first step to being news? Read the news!
Not only is keeping up with your local news a great way to keep up with, well, your local news – but also a great way to start understanding what makes a good story. Let’s get you thinking about what stories your organization has to tell, and what local press are interested in.
In Santa Barbara and Ventura, many news outlets offer daily or breaking news email. Here are a few to get started with: Go ahead, sign up!
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Santa Barbara Independent “Indy Insider” email sign-up
Latest headlines
Noozhawk e-Bulletin
Nonprofit latest news
- Pinot Noir Gets Day All Its Own from Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle
- Bill Macfadyen: Swimming Horse Yields Wave of Readers of Hard-to-Believe High Seas Tale
- City of Goleta Partnering with UCSB, Chamber of Commerce to Attract Tech Startups
All articles
- Pinot Noir Gets Day All Its Own from Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle
- Bill Macfadyen: Swimming Horse Yields Wave of Readers of Hard-to-Believe High Seas Tale
- City of Goleta Partnering with UCSB, Chamber of Commerce to Attract Tech Startups
Santa Barbara Daily Sound email sign-up
Latest headlines
- Single-engine plane blows tire on runway at Santa Barbara Airport
- Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department makes major drug arrest; suspects had semi-automatic weapons
- REMEMBERING DONNA SUMMER: Chumash Casino, 2009
Pacific Coast Business Times email news sign-up
Latest headlines
Santa Maria Sun newsletter sign-up (top of page)
Latest news
- Hobnobbing With Helen
- Foster a kitten, save a life
- Total recall? - A group of Santa Maria residents is trying to recall school board member Will Smith
KCOY-TV/KKFF TV – breaking news, weather and lifestyle top stories email sign-up
Top stories
Ventura County Star daily news & breaking news email sign-up
Local news
- Private plane used in military exercises crashes near Point Mugu; pilot killed
- Five congressional candidates square off in Thousand Oaks
- Former Thousand Oaks Councilman Tom Glancy has died

