Santa Barbara Daily Sound: County joins in on Lights Out Santa Barbara! (by Colby Frazier)

That’s what anyone passing by the Santa Barbara County Courthouse will see tonight between 8 and 9. ...

Santa Barbara Independent: The Night the Lights Went Out in SB
Skies to Darken at the Tail End of Worldwide Star Count. (by Drew Mackie)

The anti-light pollution movement — one that traditionally fights for increased visibility, in the literal sense — will experience its second publicity bump so far this month, when Santa Barbara joins Los Angeles and San Francisco with its own observance of Lights Out 8-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20.

THE SB COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED THIS MORNING TO TURN OFF ALL NON-ESSENTIAL LIGHTS AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE building in downtown Santa Barbara! This will be all non-essential lighting from 8 PM to 9 PM on Saturday, October 20th.

Blogabarbara: Lights Out Santa Barbara! ...Interesting movement afoot to conserve energy on October 20th.... here's info I received from a loyal reader:...

Montecito Journal, editorial: Lights Out Santa Barbara Good Idea, But Why Stop There? (This issue is not yet online.)

"...(I)t should be clear the only way to promote 'awareness' is to strive for baby steps in the quest to wean humans off the consumption of oil. Give people something they can tangibly accomplish and we may see a difference.

That’s why I was pleased to receive an email from a grassroots group supporting an initative aptly named ‘Lights Out Santa Barbara.’ The group has one simple goal: to convince people of Santa Barbara County to turn off all non-essential lights for one hour between 8 pm and 9 pm, Saturday October 20.

We fully support this effort. In fact, we plan to make a romantic evening of it. We’ll turn off the lights, light a few candles, andmake dinner. We will save money on our power bill, and - who knows? - this is an idea that could spread to two hours, three, four, maybe even a 24-hour cessation of all power use, including vehicles, one day a week. If the Lights Out Santa Barbara people are serious (we're serious, Mr. Buckley!), so are we. Count us in!

Santa Barbara News-Press
Organization calls for one-hour lights out '
County A group billing itself as "environmentalists, publicists, writers and educators who are passionate about finding ways to take action locally to fight human-caused global warming" is encouraging everyone to turn off nonessential lights for an hour on Saturday...."

Santa Barbara Independent, Letter to the editor: Lights Out Lights Out Santa Barbara, October 20th from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., is a very simple action to raise awareness about what we can do to save energy.

Los Angeles Times
L.A. County calling for lights-out hour

Following San Francisco's lead, Los Angeles County and city officials are urging people, businesses and government to switch off nonessential lights for one hour next month to save energy.w energy-conservation group is asking

San Gabriel Valley Tribune
`Lights Out' idea coming to SoCal

A budding "lights out" movement could darken Los Angeles County for one hour in October. The effort, which began in Australia and has gained traction in San Francisco, got a local boost from county Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke when she introduced a motion this week supporting "Lights Out Los Angeles."essential lighting.

Los Angeles Times
Activist wants San Francisco to see stars, save energy
A former Google spokesman is pushing Lights Out San Francisco, a green campaign that encourages everyone to flip switches for an hour of darkness.r one hour next month to save energy.

 San Francisco Chronicle
Lights out, S.F.! Voluntary brownout to show ease of saving energy
If Nate Tyler has his way, the glittering lights of San Francisco will disappear one evening next month.

San Francisco Chronicle
Energy waste focus of 'Lights Out' event
A new energy-conservation group is asking San Francisco business and residents to turn their lights off between 8 and 9 p.m. Oct. 20 - a move designed to draw attention to how much energy is wasted on nonessential lighting.