UPDATE: 07/23/25, 9:30 a.m. - According to information from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, 911 service was restored county wide on Wednesday morning.

A release from the City of Santa Maria, detailed that the outage that began Tuesday morning and continued overnight, was caused by a severed fiber cable.

The sheriff's offices of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are reporting a 911 outage affecting areas throughout the region. Those calling 911 could receive a busy signal or a dropped call.

According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Raquel Zick, the county-wide outage is impacting both 911 service and 10-digit lines. In the event of an emergency the " Text to 911 " service is still working, and information can be sent to info@sb

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