The Air Pollution Control District board unanimously approved $1 million to expand the program as a survey showed 80% of ...

The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) offers its upgraded Permitted Facilities Map, which serves as an easy-to-use tool for the public to find and view records for all of the ...

SAN DIEGO — Sewage flow across the U.S.-Mexico border may temporarily increase in the Tijuana River Valley as part of a sewer line-repair project in Mexico starting Tuesday. In a news release issued ...

File: Authorities closed a stretch of beaches near the border because of sewage contamination from the Tijuana River. (Courtesy County News Center) Sewage flow across the U.S.-Mexico border may ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) last week celebrated its new office ...

APCD also announced a significant increase in the amount donors received. Previously the program — in operation since 1993 — gave out $1,000, now those who turn in their vehicles will receive $2,200.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Electric lawn mowers and more generated a buzz in Santa Maria on Wednesday. The Air Pollution Control District (APCD) of Santa Barbara County held a clean machine demonstration ...

• 2nd Place: Jovanna Vazquez, 8th Grade, El Camino Junior High School (Santa Maria) • 3rd Place: Bailey Alvarez, 8th Grade, El Camino Junior High School (Santa Maria) Winners received prizes including ...

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District issued a “better breather alert” Monday afternoon after air quality in part of San Luis Obispo County deteriorated. According to a news ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The air you’re breathing in Louisville is getting better, according to the latest annual report from the Metro Air Pollution Control District (APCD). On Wednesday, APCD released its ...

APCD Executive Director Aeron Arlin Genet prepares to cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the new Santa Maria office. Next to her are Board Members Bob Nelson, (County Supervisor, Fourth ...