Residents of the Hope Ranch area say that several people are sick from a pesticide that was sprayed in their neighborhood to eradicate Oriental fruit flies. Two weeks ago, biologists found three Oriental fruit flieswhich threaten cropsin Hope Ranch traps.
I confess: I am not a homeowner. During my quarter century in Santa Barbara as a student, desk clerk, gardener, cashier, tutor, and journalist, I have rented. Breathtaking lack of foresight, some of you might be thinking. Perfect example of social Darwinism and the wisdom of the marketplace. Time to move on down the road to Ventura along with the rest of the South County’s workforce.
On September 15 and 16, the Oceanducks, together with the newly formed nonprofit Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association (SBCSA), will host its third annual channel swim to raise money for various environmental groups. The 26-mile relay event begins Friday night at Santa Cruz Island and ends the following evening at East Beach.
Santa Barbara Police Detective Roger Aceves announced he’ll be competing for one of several seats up for grabs in this fall’s Goleta City Council race. Aceveswho has lived in Goleta for 24 yearsran for sheriff four years ago, coming in third out of a field of four.
About 250 people crammed into the Faulkner Gallery in the downtown library last Tuesday to hear three speakers lay out the case for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
A coalition of anti-alternative transportation campaigners has charged that ballot arguments made on behalf of Measure D are false and misleading. The legal papers challenging the language on Measure D, which is on the ballot this November, were signed by Scott Wenz of Cars Are Basic and Greg Gandrud, a Carpinteria City Councilmember seeking reelection this fall.
A shiny national championship trophy graced City Council and county supervisors’ meetings with its presence this week, as Santa Barbara’s beloved Foresters baseball team returned to town as the newly crowned World Series Champions of the National Baseball Congress (NBC).
After three months in court, a jury needed only two days of deliberation before delivering a verdict in favor of corporate giant General Electric (GE) Healthcare and against a local healthcare business.
Gassed in Goleta: Since many people seem to be driving to Oxnard to get cheaper gas at Costco, reader John-Allen asks what’s going on with Costco’s application to the City of Goleta for a service station there? He’s heard that Costco was waiting for the mayor to sign off.
Not so, replies the city’s PIO, Kirsten Zimmer Deshler. True, Costco applied before Goleta was incorporated in 2002, but the lack of an environmental impact report is what’s holding up things, she said. To make one, a traffic analysis is needed because of all the expected demand. If people are willing to drive to Oxnard, “you can imagine what will happen here,” Kirsten told me.
As one of the area’s largest employers, county government is taking a lead role in reducing rush hour commuter traffic on Highway 101 by instituting a program of telecommuting, vanpooling, and offering workers flex time.
