Below is a press release from the City of Goleta regarding the winners of their annual Window Decorating Contest!

GOLETA, Calif. – Drumroll please…the City of Goleta is excited to announce the winners of our Third Annual Window Decorating Contest! A big thank you to the businesses and community volunteers who helped make the Old Town Goleta Holiday Parade route this past Saturday, December 6, 2025, merry and bright.

It was a tough decision again this year, but the panel of three judges selected the following winners:

• Best Overall Window – Classic Collision
• Most Creative Theme – Larry’s 8 Day Auto Parts
• Most Festive Display – The Edge Salon & Barbershop
• Honorable Mention – Goleta Bakery
• People’s Choice Award – Classic Collision
  

Community members voted for the People’s Choice Award by viewing photos of the participating businesses on the City’s social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram and X) or through an online photo album and letting the City know their top choice by leaving a comment or sending an email.

Thank you to Fuel Depot for providing prizes for the winners.

A big shout out to three amazing community volunteers — Peichi Waite, Matt Martins, and Arielle Goodson — for leading the effort to paint and decorate a vacant Old Town window storefront ahead of the holiday parade.

See for yourself photos of the participating businesses Read more

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - High 70s and 80s hold for another day Thursday with mostly sunny skies.

High pressure weakens Friday so temperatures will cool by about 5 degrees.

Onshore winds return for the weekend, morning clouds and dense fog is likely for the coast, with cooling into the high 60s and low 70s.

High pressure will return again next week, along with more offshore winds, causing another warm up through at least next Wednesday.

We will warm into the mid 70s, not as toasty as it was this week, but still very warm and sunny for our mid December forecast.

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