NEW DEVELOPMENTS
The defunct collection of partially broken-down Montecito beach cabanas known as the Miramar is once again on the market after
Year: 2006
Citizen’s Alert
Fri., Dec. 1
AIDS Day: A number of events and activities are planned to recognize the 19th annual World AIDS Day. For a full list, call the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health at 681-5120 or visit
www.sbcphd.org.
SAFETY FIRST
Twenty-five million people have died of AIDS worldwide since the disease was first identified in 1981. Of those, 480 were
Bittersweet Victory
St. Francis Housing Project Approved Amid Council Charges of Arrogance
Victory has rarely left so bitter an aftertaste as it did for Cottage Health System at last week’s City Council meeting. Though the Santa Barbara City Council overwhelmingly approved Cottage’s long-simmering plans to build 115 workforce condos-81 at substantially below-market rates-on the site of the former St. Francis Hospital, Councilmember Brian Barnwell castigated Cottage administrators for what he described as their high-handed and unilateral approach.
LAND AND SEA
A restoration project at Mesa Creek and the Arroyo Burro Beach estuary is set to be completed in December. The
Quote of the Week
‘I hope we can all learn something from her misfortune.’
-SBPD spokesperson Lt. Paul McCaffrey, on the young woman who, after lying down in the street after a fight with her boyfriend, was run over.
Levy Declares Bankruptcy
Time-Share Construction Inches Forward
For years now, the leading lights of Santa Barbara’s civic community have wondered just how long Bill Levy, Santa Barbara’s iconic wheeler-dealer developer, could remain aloft financially. Last Friday, they found out, as Levy’s carefully crafted house of cards came crashing down.
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
The long arm of the Internet stretched out from Santa Barbara this past Thanksgiving holiday, as the music video for
LAW AND DISORDER
Twenty days after the election, Sheriff Jim Anderson finally conceded defeat and pledged to work with his opponent, Lompoc Police
GAUCHO GOSSIP
UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang was among a delegation of 12 U.S. college and university presidents who visited Japan, South Korea,
