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South Coast transit strike averted for at least a day

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Contract was set to end at midnight Monday; Santa Barbara MTD, Teamsters agree to 24 hour contact extension to allow bus service to continue Tuesday.

A transit system strike on the South Coast has been averted for at least a day.

Santa Barbara MTD and the Teamsters have been deadlocked on a new contract. Employees had authorized a strike. The contract was set to expire at midnight Monday, but both sides agreed to a one-day contract extension, so it means service will be operating as usual Tuesday.

The transit system operates more than 40 routes serving the region from Carpinteria to Goleta.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.