For 81 years, the hands on the four faces of the Santa Barbara Courthouse Clock Tower have been ticking away faithfully with barely a glitch. But at noon on a recent day, they came to an abrupt halt.

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. In the past 12 months, the Santa Barbara Airport has shut down three times due to flooding on the airfield.

Santa Barbara’s newest — and smallest — museum opened last year; it’s definitely downtown’s coolest new old thing. This museum of horology (the art and science of measuring time and making timepieces) ...